Author: B. Gray, William
Cited by
- Brandy Purdy (1)
- IN: The Ripper’s Wife (2014) Historical Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: She is more to be pitied than censured,
She is more to be helped than despised.
She is only a lassie who ventured
On life’s stormy path ill-advised.
Do not scorn her with words fierce and bitter,
Do not laugh at her shame and downfall.
For a moment, just stop and consider
That a man was the cause of it all.
FROM: a popular ballad of the 1890s, (1898), Song, US