
a touching one from bernard durward’s 1882 collection poems, on the matter of his very young daughter who died in the 1850s:



a touching one from bernard durward’s 1882 collection poems, on the matter of his very young daughter who died in the 1850s:



“a tear” from 19th-century milwaukee poet bernard durward. read from his 1882 collection, poems.


today’s poem is set presumably at durward’s glen in caledonia township, columbia cty, wisconsin. from his 1882 self-printed book, poems: vol 1.
a macabre ending, and i assume “cicala” is supposed to be “cicada.” summer in the glen.
