I remember this poem and can't find it anywhere. The woman made a pact with her lover to kill themselves and spend eternity in hell together. Unfortunately, it was a trick to get her out of the way so he could marry an heiress. The devil tells the woman about the trick, and she says she will not stay and heads off across hell towards heaven. The damned watch her go and cheer her on.

Tell me I didn't imagine this poem! Please!

-- Connie Neil (cneil@marclink.com), February 11, 1999

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I think the last line is "And Hell raised up a ragged cheer." This was in high school when I last read it, and I thought it was in an old anthology from those days. No luck. Thanks for caring!

-- (cneil@marclink.com), February 16, 1999.

pls dont email me back - post a reply in forum . dont you remember a single line ?

-- ilza (ilza@pobox.com), February 15, 1999.