Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ROVER COME HOME, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He's journeyed through america Last Line: And lies in the churchyard near. | ||||||||
HE'S journeyed through America From Canso Cape to Horn, And from East Indian Comorin To Behring's Strait forlorn; He's felled trees in the backwoods, In swamps has gasped for breath; In Tropic heats, in Polar ice, Has often prayed for death. He has fought and bled in civil wars Of no concern to him, Has shot his fellows -- beasts and men -- At risk of life and limb. He has suffered fluxes, fevers, Agues, and ills allied, And now he's home. You look at him As he talks by your fireside. And what is written in his glance Stressed by such foreign wear, After such alien circumstance What does his face declare? His mother's; she who saw him not After his starting year, Who never left her native spot, And lies in the churchyard near. | 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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