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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A WIFE IN LONDON, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She sits in the tawny vapour Last Line: And of new love that they would learn. Subject(s): Boer War; South African War | |||
(December 1899) I SHE sits in the tawny vapour That the Thames-side lanes have uprolled, Behind whose webby fold on fold Like a waning taper The street-lamp glimmers cold. A messenger's knock cracks smartly, Flashed news is in her hand Of meaning it dazes to understand Though shaped so shortly: He - has fallen - in the far South Land.... II 'Tis the morrow; the fog hangs thicker, The postman nears and goes: A letter is brought whose lines disclose By the firelight flicker His hand, whom the worm now knows: Fresh - firm - penned in highest feather - Page-full of his hoped return, And of home-planned jaunts by brake and burn In the summer weather, And of new love that they would learn. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SOULS OF THE SLAIN by THOMAS HARDY RANK AND FILE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON AT THE WAR OFFICE, LONDON by THOMAS HARDY SONG OF THE SOLDIERS' WIVES AND SWEETHEARTS by THOMAS HARDY THE COLONEL'S SOLILOQUY by THOMAS HARDY THE GOING OF THE BATTERY; WIVES' LAMENTS by THOMAS HARDY AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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