Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DAYS TO RECOLLECT, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Do you recall Last Line: That sad november! | ||||||||
Do you recall That day in Fall When we walked towards Saint Alban's Head, Over thistledown that summer had shed, Or must I remind you? Winged thistle-seeds which hitherto Had lain as none were there, or few, But rose at the brush of your petticoat-seam (As ghosts might rise of the recent dead), And sailed on the breeze in a nebulous stream Like a comet's tail behind you: You don't recall That day in Fall? Then do you remember That sad November When you left me never to see me more, And looked quite other than theretofore, As if it could not be you? And lay by the window whence you had gazed So many times when blamed or praised, Morning or noon, through years and years, Accepting the gifts that Fortune bore, Sharing, enduring, joys, hopes, fears! Well: I never more did see you. -- Say you remember That sad November! | 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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