She was aweary of the hovering
Of Love's incessant tumultuous wing;
Her lover's tokens she would answer not--
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And she must punish him for doing him wrong: - - -Yes, we humans really do feel and think contradictory things at one and the same time
A poem on love bickering is the beginning of end of it, it seems and is nice he managed to bring home the point in this poem!
The best line I think is...and peep from some unnoticed corner of her heart
Typical late Victorian drat which leaves much to the imagination. Give me some funky jazz or rap poetry please!