Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PAT OF BUTTER, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Once, at the agricultural show Last Line: "and, ""this is the best,"" I cried." | ||||||||
ONCE, at the Agricultural Show, We tasted -- all so yellow -- Those butter-pats, cool and mellow! Each taste I still remember, though It was so long ago. This spoke of the grass of Netherhay, And this of Kingcomb Hill, And this of Coker Rill: Which was the prime I could not say Of all those tried that day, Till she, the fair and wicked-eyed, Held out a pat to me: Then felt I all Yeo-Lea Was by her sample sheer outvied; And, "This is the best," I cried. | 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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