Poems
And Now It’s Over
The wind blows it’s symphony of sorrows
through the trees.
A girl shakes and shivers from the breeze.
Her tears fall like raindrops,as if to stop the pain, onto a sweet blade of silverin her hand, death is what she’ll plan.
Now her blood spills forming a briliant red ocean on the ground beside her
She lived a sad life
and now it’s over.
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Sarah Catherine Martin
(1768 – 1826)
Sarah Catherine Martin was the sister of Mrs Pollexfen Bastard of Kitley House and the rhyme is supposed to be based on the old housekeeper at Kitley and was written by Sarah for the entertainment of the family and other guests during her stay.
However, Sarah Catherine Martin has an interesting history herself, details of which were discovered in the Archive amongst our information on the history of Yealmpton.
Sarah Martin was the daughter of Sir Henry Martin, the resident Commissioner of the Royal Navy at Portsmouth. The family enjoyed frequent visits from Prince William Henry, third son of King George III, who was serving on H.M.S Hebe at the time. Sarah and William fell deeply in love and both desperately wanted to marry.
