Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LIFE LAUGHS ONWARD, by THOMAS HARDY


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First Line: Rambling I looked for an old abode
Last Line: Died on my tongue.


RAMBLING I looked for an old abode
Where, years back, one had lived I knew;
Its site a dwelling duly showed,
But it was new.

I went where, not so long ago,
The sod had riven two breasts asunder;
Daisies throve gaily there, as though
No grave were under.

I walked along a terrace where
Loud children gambolled in the sun;
The figure that had once sat there
Was missed by none.

Life laughed and moved on unsubdued,
I saw that Old succumbed to Young:
'Twas well. My too regretful mood
Died on my tongue.





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