The Vault at Pfaff's

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

Mater Dolorosa

Farmenter, Frederick A. "Mater Dolorosa." New York Saturday Press, November 19, 1859, 4.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

A lovely young woman of royal status enters the ballroom and dances with a knight. The image of Mater Dolorosa looks upon her, and the speaker hopes--despite the painting and the young woman's similar features--that her fate is not similar.