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| 1361. | The Phantom Horsewoman. by Thomas Hardy | | Queer are the ways of a man I know:
He comes and stands
In a careworn craze,
And looks at the sands
And in the seaward haze
With moveless hands
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| 1362. | Long Plighted by Thomas Hardy | | Is it worth while, dear, now,
To call for bells, and sally forth arrayed
For marriage-rites -- discussed, decried, delayed
So many years?
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| 1364. | A Commonplace Day by Thomas Hardy | | The day is turning ghost,
And scuttles from the kalendar in fits and furtively,
To join the anonymous host
Of those that throng oblivion; ced... |
| 1365. | De Profundis by Thomas Hardy | | I
"Percussus sum sicut foenum, et aruit cor meum."
- Ps. ci
Wintertime nighs;
But my bereavement-pain
It cannot bring again:
Twi... |
| 1366. | The Superseded by Thomas Hardy | | I
As newer comers crowd the fore,
We drop behind.
- We who have laboured long and sore
Times out of mind,
And keen are yet, must not... |
| 1367. | A Spot by Thomas Hardy | | In years defaced and lost,
Two sat here, transport-tossed,
Lit by a living love
The wilted world knew nothing of:
Scared momently
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| 1368. | The Peasant's Confession by Thomas Hardy | | Good Father!… ’Twas an eve in middle June,
And war was waged anew
By great Napoleon, who for years had strewn
Men’s bones all Europe throug... |
| 1369. | By the Earth's Corpse by Thomas Hardy | | I
"O Lord, why grievest Thou? -
Since Life has ceased to be
Upon this globe, now cold
As lunar land and sea,
And humankind, an... |
| 1370. | Mute Opinion by Thomas Hardy | | I
I traversed a dominion
Whose spokesmen spake out strong
Their purpose and opinion
Through pulpit, press, and song.
I scarce had means to... |
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