She rose to his requirement, dropped
The playthings of her life
To take the honorable work
Of woman and of wife
If aught she missed in her new day
Of amplitude, or awe
Or first prospective, or the gold
In using wore away
It lay unmentioned, as the sea
Develops pearl and weed
But only to himself is known
The fathoms they abide
It ends subtly.  The line may indicate the wife’s complete “submersion” in the male sea, and perhaps a hint at resulting depression and isolation.  The  consonant  rhyme concludes the poem, suggesting an unfulfilled life with no access to these drowned objects that once had potential to provide happiness.
She rose to his requirement dropped