Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A VISIT TO THOMAS HARDY, by JOHN FREEMAN Poet's Biography First Line: The roman road runs by the wall Last Line: I touch the immortal. Subject(s): Death; Hardy, Thomas (1840-1928); Obituaries; Poetry & Poets; Dead, The | ||||||||
THE Roman road runs by the wall And Roman shards and remnants lie Under the turf where dry leaves fall On leaves long dry. Bracelet and bowl, and naked bones, In Resurrection's sad amaze Staring amid long-buried stones, Take the sun's gaze. And here, with talk of times forgot, The times forgot come back renewed; Rise Roman shapes above the plot Their bones endued. I shut my lids and straightway hear A Roman voiceit is my host's; I look, and from his eyes there peer A Roman ghost's; In his hand clasp a Roman hand, In his verse hear the ancient tone Heard once in accents harsh or bland By ears now stone. Time spins back, and a wave of the past Streams through each idle sense's portal; And while long little minutes last I touch the immortal. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY |
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