Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SHE SAW HIM, SHE SAID, by THOMAS HARDY


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First Line: Why, I saw you with the sexton, out-side the church-door
Last Line: And she sank to musefulness


"WHY, I saw you with the sexton, outside the church-door,
So I did not hurry me home,
Thinking you'd not be come,
Having something to him to say. --
Yes: 'twas you, Dear, though you seemed sad, heart-sore:
How fast you've got therefrom!"

"I've not been out. I've watched the moon through the birch,
And heard the bell toll. Yes,
Like a passing soul in distress!"
"-- But no bell's tolled to-day?". . .
His face looked strange, like the face of him seen by the church,
And she sank to musefulness





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