Alas! she stood, unloved—alone—
A statue of despair.
One plaintive wail, and then a plunge—
The wavelets laved the shore—
Then all was still. The river flowed
As smoothly as before.
—Geo. M. Vickers.
The Felon’s Wife.
The scene was a court of justice, where criminals were tried,
And a woman and child[234] stood sobbing close by a prisoner’s side.