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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE MOONLIGHT, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O lonely workman, standing there Last Line: Whom during her life I thought nothing of.' Subject(s): Moon | |||
'O LONELY workman, standing there In a dream, why do you stare and stare At her grave, as no other grave there were? 'If your great gaunt eyes so importune Her soul by the shine of this corpse-cold moon Maybe you'll raise her phantom soon!' 'Why, fool, it is what I would rather see Than all the living folk there be; But alas, there is no such joy for me!' 'Ah - she was one you loved, no doubt, Through good and evil, through rain and drought, And when she passed, all your sun went out?' 'Nay: she was the woman I did not love, Whom all the others were ranked above, Whom during her life I thought nothing of.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN THE MOON AND THE SPECTATOR by LEONIE ADAMS FULL MOON by KARLE WILSON BAKER NO MORE OF THE MOON by MORRIS GILBERT BISHOP THE DEPARTURE by DENISE LEVERTOV THE MOON IN GREECE by TIMOTHY LIU AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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