Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A LEAVING, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Knowing what it bore / I watched the rain-smitten back of the car Last Line: Knowing what it bore! | ||||||||
KNOWING what it bore I watched the rain-smitten back of the car -- (Brown-curtained, such as the old ones were) -- When it started forth for a journey afar Into the sullen November air, And passed the glistening laurels and round the bend. I have seen many gayer vehicles turn that bend In autumn, winter, and summer air, Bearing for journeys near or afar Many who now are not, but were, But I don't forget that rain-smitten car, Knowing what it bore! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEN WHO MARCH AWAY' (SONG OF THE SOLDIERS) by THOMAS HARDY A BROKEN APPOINTMENT by THOMAS HARDY A CHRISTMAS GHOST-STORY; CHRISTMAS-EVE 1899 by THOMAS HARDY A THOUGHT IN TWO MOODS by THOMAS HARDY A THUNDERSTORM IN TOWN by THOMAS HARDY A TRAMPWOMAN'S TRAGEDY by THOMAS HARDY A WIFE IN LONDON by THOMAS HARDY ACCORDING TO THE MIGHTY WORKING by THOMAS HARDY |
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