Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DEATH-DAY RECALLED, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Beeny did not quiver Last Line: Of their former friend? Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
BEENY did not quiver, Juliot grew not gray, Thin Vallency's river Held its wonted way. Bos seemed not to utter Dimmest note of dirge, Targan mouth a mutter To its creamy surge. Yet though these, unheeding, Listless, passed the hour Of her spirit's speeding, She had, in her flower, Sought and loved the places - Much and often pined For their lonely faces When in towns confined. Why did not Vallency In his purl deplore One whose haunts were whence he Drew his limpid store? Why did Bos not thunder, Targan apprehend Body and Breath were sunder Of their former friend? | 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 NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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