The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Family

"The Family." New-York Saturday Press. (1859-8-27).
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

The poet uses the book as a metaphor for the family: the covers are the parents, the pages are the children, and the lock is the love that binds the family together.