Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN TENEBRIS: 1, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Wintertime nighs Last Line: Waits in unhope. Variant Title(s): De Profundis 1 | ||||||||
Wintertime nighs; But my bereavement-pain It cannot bring again: Twice no one dies. Flower-petals flee, But, since it once hath been, No more that severing scene Can harrow me. Birds faint in dread: I shall not lose old strength In the lone frost's black length: Strength since long fled! Leaves freeze to dun; But friends can not turn cold This season as of old For him with none. Tempests may scathe; But love can not make smart Again this year his heart Who no heart hath. Black is night's cope; But death will not appall One who, past doubtings all, Waits in unhope. | 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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