Whatever it is-she has tried it-1
Awful Father of Love-
Is not Our's the chastising-
Do not chastise the Dove-
Not for Ourselves, petition-5
Nothing is left to pray-
When a subject is finished-
Words are handed away-
Only lest she be lonely 9
In thy beautiful House
Give her for her Transgression
License to think of us-
Awful Father of Love-
Is not Our's the chastising-
Do not chastise the Dove-
Not for Ourselves, petition-5
Nothing is left to pray-
When a subject is finished-
Words are handed away-
Only lest she be lonely 9
In thy beautiful House
Give her for her Transgression
License to think of us-
(F.1200/J.1204)
[1] she:: Alice Archer. has tried it:: Alice is secretly in love with Kavanagh.
[2] Father:: a clergyman, Arthur Kavanagh.
[4] Dove:: the carrier-pigeon to carry letters between Cecilia Vaughan and Alice Archer. not chastise the Dove:: "a dove, pursued by a little kingfisher," is bewildered and sends the letter to Alice instead of Cecilia.
[5] Not for Ourselves:: Cecilia Vaughan and Arthur Kavanagh love each other; the petition is for Alice.
[7] When a subject is finished:: The moment Alice knows Kavanagh loves Cecilia, she quits her love to Kavanagh immediately.
[8] Words are handed away:: Alice receives Kavanagh's love letter to Cecilia. She faints. "On recovering her senses, her first act was one of heroism. She sealed the note, attached it to the neck of the pigeon, and sent the messenger rejoicing on his journey."
[9] she be lonely:: Alice dies lonely: "on the lonely grave of Alice Archer!"
[10] thy beautiful House:: "In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." (John 14:2)
[11] Transgression:: the action of passing over the living and the dead.
[12] License:: License hints at Alice as A-lice-nse.
"I will write a book of your name, which shall remain to the latest times,—for a good name is a second life, and the groundwork of eternal existence." ─ Kavanagh, A Tale (1849) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Alice is within Cecilia and vice versa, a both-way anagram.
Vaughan is within Arthur Kavanagh, a one-way anagram.
Alice Archer is taken from Cecilia and Arthur.
Churchill is a perfect anagram of church-ill. Churchill links Alice Archer and Cecilia Vaughan, with missing u in Vaughan and missing r in Archer.