Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HER TEMPLE, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dear, think not that they will forget you Last Line: "none now knows his name." | ||||||||
DEAR, think not that they will forget you: -- If craftsmanly art should be mine I will build up a temple, and set you Therein as its shrine. They may say: "Why a woman such honour?" -- Be told, "O, so sweet was her fame, That a man heaped this splendour upon her; None now knows his name." | 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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