In The Round Tower At Jhansi, June 8, 1857

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In The Round Tower At Jhansi, June 8, 1857 by Christina Rossetti

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Captain Alexander Skene of the 68th Bengal Native Infantry was British superintendent at Jhansi during the time of the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859). At the first sign of unrest, he ordered all Christians to take refuge in the fort. They remained under siege there until the rebels offered to spare thei...

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A hundred, a thousand to one; even so;
Not a hope in the world remained:
The swarming, howling wretches below
Gained and gained and gained.

Skene looked at his pale young wife:--
"Is the time come?"--"The time is come!"--
Young, strong, and so full of life:
The agony struck them dumb.

Close his arm about her now,
Close her cheek to his,
Close the pistol to her brow--
God forgive them this!

"Will it hurt much?"--"No, mine own:
I wish I could bear the pang for both."
"I wish I could bear the pang alone:
Courage, dear, I am not loth."

Kiss and kiss: "It is not pain
Thus to kiss and die.
One kiss more."--"And yet one again."--
"Good by."--"Good by."

Note.--I retain this little poem, not as historically accurate,
but as written and published before I heard the supposed
facts of its first verse contradicted.

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