{"id":476,"date":"2010-05-19T22:12:13","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T22:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=476"},"modified":"2010-05-19T22:12:13","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T22:12:13","slug":"aunt-helen-by-t-s-eliot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/aunt-helen-by-t-s-eliot\/","title":{"rendered":"Aunt Helen by T. S. Eliot"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Aunt Helen<\/p>\n

Miss Helen Slingsby was my maiden aunt,
\nAnd lived in a small house near a fashionable square
\nCared for by servants to the number of four.
\nNow when she died there was silence in heaven
\nAnd silence at her end of the street.
\nThe shutters were drawn and the undertaker wiped his feet?
\nHe was aware that this sort of thing had occurred before.
\nThe dogs were handsomely provided for,
\nBut shortly afterwards the parrot died too.
\nThe Dresden clock continued ticking on the mantelpiece,
\nAnd the footman sat upon the dining-table
\nHolding the second housemaid on his knees?
\nWho had always been so careful while her mistress lived.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aunt Helen Miss Helen Slingsby was my maiden aunt, And lived in a small house near a fashionable square Cared for by servants to the number of four. Now when she died there was silence in heaven And silence at her end of the street. The shutters were drawn and the undertaker wiped his feet?…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1900s","category-eliot"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t