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ACCORDING TO THE MIGHTY WORKING by THOMAS HARDY

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN MOILING SEEMS AT CEASE
Last Line: OUTSIDE PERCEPTION'S RANGE.
Subject(s): PEACE;

I

WHEN moiling seems at cease
In the vague void of night-time,
And heaven's wide roomage stormless
Between the dusk and light-time,
And fear at last is formless,
We call the allurement Peace.

II

Peace, this hid riot, Change,
This revel of quick-cued mumming,
This never truly being,
This evermore becoming,
This spinner's wheel onfleeing
Outside perception's range.



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