Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE: 7. OUTSIDE THE WINDOW, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My stick!' he says, and turns in the lane Last Line: And he steals off, leaving his stick unclaimed. | ||||||||
'MY stick!' he says, and turns in the lane To the house just left, whence a vixen voice Comes out with the firelight through the pane, And he sees within that the girl of his choice Stands rating her mother with eyes aglare For something said while he was there. 'At last I behold her soul undraped!' Thinks the man who had loved her more than himself; 'My God! - 'tis but narrowly I have escaped. - My precious porcelain proves it delf.' His face has reddened like one ashamed, And he steals off, leaving his stick unclaimed. | 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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