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AT A HASTY WEDDING; TRIOLET by THOMAS HARDY

Poet Analysis

First Line: IF HOURS BE YEARS THE TWAIN ARE BLEST
Last Line: FOR NOW THEY SOLACE SWIFT DESIRE.
Subject(s): MARRIAGE; WEDDINGS; HUSBANDS; WIVES;

IF hours be years the twain are blest,
For now they solace swift desire
By bonds of every bond the best,
If hours be years. The twain are blest
Do eastern stars slope never west,
Nor pallid ashes follow fire:
If hours be years the twain are blest,
For now they solace swift desire.



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