Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MOMENTS OF VISION, by THOMAS HARDY



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First Line: That mirror / which makes of men a transparency
Last Line: Glassing it - where?
Subject(s): Mirrors; Science; Scientists


THAT mirror
Which makes of men a transparency,
Who holds that mirror
And bids us such a breast-bare spectacle see
Of you and me?

That mirror
Whose magic penetrates like a dart,
Who lifts that mirror
And throws our mind back on us, and our heart,
Until we start?

That mirror
Works well in these night hours of ache;
Why in that mirror
Are tincts we never see ourselves once take
When the world is awake?

That mirror
Can test each mortal when unaware;
Yea, that strange mirror
May catch his last thoughts, whole life foul or fair,
Glassing it - where?





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