Anna DIXIE 1739-February 1758

She walked the grounds and paced the floors,
A young lady whose mother came from faraway shores.

Her husband was the Baron of Bosworth Hall,
Sir Wolstan had anger issues, not the belle of the ball.

Anna was very lonely and made friends
With a paid member of staff.

Anna’s father became very annoyed and showed his wrath.

The gardener and Anna would sneak off to the woods,
Their love was not to be, for he lacked the financial goods.

Yes, Sir Wolstan stated that the gardener was far below
Anna’s privileged degree,

Definitely not of husband status—very sadly, not he.

Anna’s mother died shortly after her birth,
Back in those days, there was little medical worth.

There is a myth that Sir Wolstan set a man trap
In the grounds of the great big house.

Soon she would be dead, never to have a spouse.

The trap was meant for the paid member of staff,
But it caught Anna on her way down the path.

She began to bleed heavily and fell on the path,
A victim, it seemed, of her father’s wrath.

Somehow she managed to get to her bedroom—
A very sad sight to see.

She was fatally injured after she fell near the tree.

Only 19, her burial records say,
Buried on 17th February 1758, the church records display.

The legend still says that Anna walks the grounds
Of Bosworth Hall as a ghost.

I have not seen her—but if I do, I will post.