Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SUBALTERNS, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Poor wanderer,' said the leaden sky Last Line: They owned their passiveness. Subject(s): Predestination | ||||||||
I 'POOR wanderer,' said the leaden sky, 'I fain would lighten thee, But there are laws in force on high Which say it must not be.' II - 'I would not freeze thee, shorn one,' cried The North, 'knew I but how To warm my breath, to slack my stride; But I am ruled as thou.' III - 'To-morrow I attack thee, wight,' Said Sickness. 'Yet I swear I bear thy little ark no spite, But am bid enter there.' IV - 'Come hither, Son,' I heard Death say; 'I did not will a grave Should end thy pilgrimage to-day, But I, too, am a slave!' V We smiled upon each other then, And life to me had less Of that fell look it wore ere when They owned their passiveness. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THOUGHTS ON PREDESTINATION AND REPROBATION by JOHN BYROM ANOTHER ON PREDESTINATION by ROBERT HERRICK PREDESTINATION by ROBERT HERRICK PREDESTINATION by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP THE VISION OF JESUS by KATHARINE TYNAN GOD IS WORKING HIS PURPOSE OUT by ARTHUR CAMPBELL AINGER SEVEN WAYS OF DIVINATION: 1. SYCHOMANCY-DIVINATION WITH LEAVES OF..... by JAN LEE ANDE SEVEN WAYS OF DIVINATION: 7. HEPATOMANCY-LIVER GAZING by JAN LEE ANDE AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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