Poem by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Smithereens

UNCERTAIN-AGED Miss Thereabouts,
Tough fossil of her teens,
Has lifted up with saving hand
The ruined Smithereens.
Down the dark steps of debt that hand
Sped like an angel's wing,
Deep—dowered with gold, and for itself
Brought back a golden ring.
Ah lovely Lucy Lovandove,
10 That ring's a snake, and means
Woe without end: therein lies crushed
Thy heart—to smithereens. 

1. The House of Life. Sonnet 35. The Lamp's Shrine
2. The House of Life. Sonnet 82. Hoarded Joy
3. The House of Life. Sonnet 90. «Retro Me, Sathana!»
4. The House of Life. Sonnet 37. The Love-Moon
5. The House of Life. Sonnet 40. Severed Selves

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