We met as Sparks－Diverging Flints 1
Sent various－scattered ways－
We parted as the Central Flint
Were cloven with an Adze－
Subsisting on the Light We bore 5
Before We felt the Dark－
A Flint unto this Day－perhaps－
But for that single Spark.
Sent various－scattered ways－
We parted as the Central Flint
Were cloven with an Adze－
Subsisting on the Light We bore 5
Before We felt the Dark－
A Flint unto this Day－perhaps－
But for that single Spark.
(F.918/J.958)
[1] We, Flints:: Trueman Flint and Gertrude Flint in The Lamplighter (1854) by Maria Susanna Cummins (1827–1866).
[3] We parted:: the death of Trueman.
[5] the Light We bore:: Trueman was a lamplighter; he lit the street lamp with Gertrude sometimes.
[8] etherial Spark:: the fate of Gertrude.