Richard Steele's An Hour Or Two Sacred To Sorrow
Summary of An Hour or Two Sacred to Sorrow In Richard Steele’s “An Hour or Two Sacred to Sorrow” he describes his belief that sorrow inevitably becomes a part of human existence that one should occasionally meet with a soft heart and tender soul. In regards to his father’s passing, Steele recollects the confusion and sorrow he felt as well as the overwhelming confusion and lack of understanding that rooted itself inside him. Steele explains that with this confusion, the only answer came from his mother, from whom he observed such feminine grief that he received an “[impression] so forcible” that it was difficult “[to remove] by reason.” This impression never left Steele, and he recognized that no matter what he underwent, that feminine grief