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THE RIDDLE by THOMAS HARDY

Poet Analysis

First Line: STRETCHING EYES WEST
Last Line: DOES SHE ALLOW.
I

STRETCHING eyes west
Over the sea,
Wind foul or fair,
Always stood she
Prospect-impressed;
Solely out there
Did her gaze rest,
Never elsewhere
Seemed charm to be.

II

Always eyes east
Ponders she now -
As in devotion -
Hills of blank brow
Where no waves plough.
Never the least
Room for emotion
Drawn from the ocean
Does she allow.



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