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Lady Hester Stanhope
(born in Chevening, Southeast England, 1776 – 1839)
Dear Wirginia,
That wacky Lady Hester had her own room and dough.
After her employer,
the British Prime Minister and bachelor,
beloved uncle William Pitt, died mildly in wealth,
the state assigned her
an enviable sum –
£1200 a month.
British high society was stunned –
convulsed like the form of her red high-heels.
Years later she jumped
from the bottom of crystal glasses, through monocles,
towards the flying carpets and
tender birds of oriental letters.
She was 33.
How symbolic!
Exploring Ashkelon she knew
this quest would be known
as the first modern trek through the Holy land.
Romantics and celebrities admired;