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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN TIME OF 'THE BREAKING OF NATIONS', by THOMAS HARDY Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Only a man harrowing clods / in a slow silent walk
Last Line: Ere their story die.
Subject(s): Bible; Country Life; Religion; World War I; Theology; First World War
First Line: Only a man harrowing clods / in a slow silent walk
Last Line: Ere their story die.
Subject(s): Bible; Country Life; Religion; World War I; Theology; First World War
1
Only a man harrowing clods
In a slow silent walk
With an old horse that stumbles and nods
Half asleep as they stalk.
2
Only thin smoke without flame
From the heaps of couch-grass;
Yet this will go onward the same
Though Dynasties pass.
3
Yonder a maid and her wight
Come whispering by:
War's annals will cloud into night
Ere their story die.
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