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AT CASTERBRIDGE FAIR: 6. A WIFE WAITS by THOMAS HARDY

Poet Analysis

First Line: WILL'S AT THE DANCE IN THE CLUB-ROOM BELOW
Last Line: SHIVERING I WAIT FOR HIM HERE.
Subject(s): FESTIVALS; FAIRS; PAGEANTS;
WILL'S at the dance in the Club-room below,
Where the tall liquor-cups foam;
I on the pavement up here by the Bow,
Wait, wait, to steady him home.

Will and his partner are treading a tune,
Loving companions they be;
Willy, before we were married in June,
Said he loved no one but me;

Said he would let his old pleasures all go
Ever to live with his Dear.
Will's at the dance in the Club-room below,
Shivering I wait for him here.



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