All Comments on 'The Elopement'

this is my favorite:

'I'll steal you from this doleful world,

Beset by duty, pain and dread,

And bear you lightly, body curled,

From this lonely, loveless bed.'

You have a considerable talent for writing retro-styled verse. This one makes me think of Coleridge, a bit. Nice use of podic form.

Until the end of the last stanza seems like a nice romantic elopement

I didn't see that coming what a great twist!