Poem in Album. By Georgiana Wilkie Maria Hoby
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married life |
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Georgina &
Henry Pearce |
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Fab photo
of Stella 18th C costume |
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Photo of Studio
Coningham Road Manchester |
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In loving
memory of |
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Georgiana
Wilkie Maria Hoby |
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Who departed
this life |
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March 16th
1897 & took the |
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new name of
Pearce |
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Deeply mourned |
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Beautiful
& gifted; resting (her foot) |
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In loving
memory March 16th 99 |
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O Hark to
the Bell from the Abbey Tower |
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Two years
ago at this very hour |
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The Eldest
of Hoby Girls, plain and sour |
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married |
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Then don plain
garments of darkest hue |
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Weep and howl
till you're black & blue |
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Alas! Ans
a lack Boohoo! Boohoo! |
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Two years
ago she was married |
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Ah look at
the shops of the ancient town. |
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Closed are
the doors, the blinds drawn down. |
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The shopkeepers
wife in her best black gown |
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Is weeping |
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But Drearest
of all sad "Laurel Bank" |
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The bridegroom
with orange beard, long and dank |
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Sits on the
lawn with a wet pocket hank |
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Groaning |
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On the dining
floors his hysterical wife |
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weeping so
loud in the midst of the strife |
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She grasps
in her hand the sharp carving knife |
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And wails |
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Down Hatfield
Road comes a sad faced throng |
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To a funeral
March they meander along |
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From the Abbey
tower there comes dong dong |
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The muffled
peal. |
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In Earl's
Court the houses are hung with black |
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All joy and
mirth the inhabitants look |
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on the day, alack alack |
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of the wedding |
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Then why did
Henry and why did you Georg |
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With hands
entwined stand the alter before |
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Was e'er such
a day since the days of Noah |
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Never |
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Georgiana
Pearce 1899 9th March |