Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A COOUNTENANCE, by THOMAS HARDY


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First Line: Her laugh was not in the middle of her face quite
Last Line: As love became unblinded?


HER laugh was not in the middle of her face quite,
As a gay laugh springs,
It was plain she was anxious about some things
I could not trace quite.
Her curls were like fir-cones - piled up, brown -
Or rather like tight-tied sheaves:
It seemed they could never be taken down....

And her lips were too full, some might say:
I did not think so. Anyway,
The shadow her lower one would cast
Was green in hue whenever she passed
Bright sun on midsummer leaves.
Alas, I knew not much of her,
And lost all sight and touch of her!

If otherwise, should I have minded
The shy laugh not in the middle of her mouth quite,
And would my kisses have died of drouth quite
As love became unblinded?





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