'Twas comfort in her Dying Room 1
To hear the living Clock－
A short relief to have the wind
Walk boldly up and knock－
Diversion from the Dying Theme 5
To hear the children play－
But wrong the more
That these could live
And this of ours must die.
To hear the living Clock－
A short relief to have the wind
Walk boldly up and knock－
Diversion from the Dying Theme 5
To hear the children play－
But wrong the more
That these could live
And this of ours must die.
(F.1740/J.1703)
[1] Dying Room:: a space full of desire. her:: there are two persons in the room, hinted by ours in line nine.
[2] living Clock:: a clock striking with hammer to tell the time; a hint on a man making-love like a striking clock.
[3] the wind:: an act of twisting the body.
[4] knock:: to copulate with; also, to make pregnant (OED 2d, 1598, 1967).
[5] Dying:: having orgasm.
[6] children:: a connection of sex, pregnancy and child.
[7] wrong the more:: the play of sex she had wasn't allowed by the society then.
[8, 9] live, ours must die:: these children could live, but this child of her must die, for it was wrong.