Frigid and sweet Her parting Face－1
Frigid and fleet my Feet－
Alien and vain whatever Clime
Acrid whatever Fate.
Given to me without the Suit 5
Riches and Name and Realm－
Who was She to withhold from me
Penury and Home?
Frigid and fleet my Feet－
Alien and vain whatever Clime
Acrid whatever Fate.
Given to me without the Suit 5
Riches and Name and Realm－
Who was She to withhold from me
Penury and Home?
(F.1231/J.1318)
[1] Her:: Oliver Twist's mother, Agnes Fleming. Frigid and sweet, parting:: the mother died after Oliver's birth.
[2] Frigid, Feet:: Oliver escaped from a workhouse and travelled to London.
[3, 4] Alien, Acrid:: Oliver's bitter life in the novel.
[5] Suit:: a request, or law suit.
[6] Riches, Name:: Oliver's father, Edwin Leeford, left to Agnes and Oliver.
[7] She:: Agnes Fleming.
[8] Penury and Home:: Oliver wasn't penury at the end but without parents.
She imprinted her cold white lips passionately on its forehead; passed her hands over her face; gazed wildly round; shuddered; fell back－and died. ─ The Adventures of Oliver Twist (1838) by Charles Dickens