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WAITING - BOTH by THOMAS HARDY

Poet Analysis

First Line: A STAR LOOKS DOWN AT ME
Last Line: "SO MEAN I."
Subject(s): STARS; TIME; TRANSIENCE; IMPERMANENCE;

A star looks down at me,
And says: "Here I and you
Stand, each in our degree:
What do you mean to do --
Mean to do?"
I say: "For all I know,
Wait, and let Time go by,
Till my change come." -- "Just so,"
The star says: "So mean I --
So mean I."






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