Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PARTING SCENE, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The two pale women cried Last Line: "too long; too long!"" burst out. ('twas for five years.)" | ||||||||
THE two pale women cried, But the man seemed to suffer more, Which he strove hard to hide. They stayed in the waiting-room, behind the door, Till startled by the entering engine-roar, As if they could not bear to have unfurled Their misery to the eyes of all the world. A soldier and his young wife Were the couple; his mother the third, Who had seen the seams of life. He was sailing for the East I later heard. -- They kissed long, but they did not speak a word; Then, strained, he went. To the elder the wife in tears "Too long; too long!" burst out. ('Twas for five years.) | 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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