Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SIGH, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Little head against my shoulder Last Line: That she sighed. Subject(s): Sighs | ||||||||
LITTLE head against my shoulder, Shy at first, then somewhat bolder, And up-eyed; Till she, with a timid quaver, Yielded to the kiss I gave her; But, she sighed. That there mingled with her feeling Some sad thought she was concealing It implied. - Not that she had ceased to love me, None on earth she set above me; But she sighed. She could not disguise a passion, Dread, or doubt, in weakest fashion If she tried: Nothing seemed to hold us sundered, Hearts were victors; so I wondered Why she sighed. Afterwards I knew her throughly, And she loved me staunchly, truly, Till she died; But she never made confession Why, at that first sweet concession, She had sighed. It was in our May, remember; And though now I near November, And abide Till my appointed change, unfretting, Sometimes I sit half regretting That she sighed. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AND SIGHS AGAIN (AUTOBIOGRAPHY 15) by MICHAEL PALMER SAO PAULO SIGHS (AUTOBIOGRAPHY 14) by MICHAEL PALMER THE LOST LADY: SONG by WILLIAM BERKLEY THE SIGHING TIME by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN WE TO SIGH INSTEAD OF SING by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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