The Chambermaid's First Song
The Chambermaid's First Song - meaning Summary
Love Turning to Gentle Weakness
A chambermaid speaker addresses a once-active "ranger" now laid to rest, mixing intimacy and bewilderment. She questions what remains to mourn as night and God’s love have removed him from harm. The poem compresses tenderness and accusation: pleasure has rendered him impotent or diminished—softened to a helpless, worm-like state—while the speaker registers loss, bafflement, and a bleak consolation in his protected repose.
Read Complete AnalysesHow came this ranger Now sunk in rest, Stranger with strangcr. On my cold breast? What's left to Sigh for? Strange night has come; God's love has hidden him Out of all harm, Pleasure has made him Weak as a worm.
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