Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT THE WICKET-GATE, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There floated the sounds of church-chiming Last Line: As thence we withdrew. Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation | ||||||||
THERE floated the sounds of church-chiming, But no one was nigh, Till there came, as a break in the loneness, Her father, she, I. And we slowly moved on to the wicket, And downlooking stood, Till anon people passed, and amid them We parted for good. Greater, wiser, may part there than we three Who parted there then, But never will Fates colder-featured Hold sway there again. Of the churchgoers through the still meadows No single one knew What a play was played under their eyes there As thence we withdrew. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EVENING OF THE MIND by DONALD JUSTICE CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME by JANE KENYON THE PROBLEM by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN THIS UNMENTIONABLE FEELING by DAVID LEHMAN AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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