Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A WATERING-PLACE LADY INVENTORIED, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A sweetness of temper unsurpassed and unforgettable Last Line: And that (with a sigh) 'twas a pity she'd no one to treat her tenderly. | ||||||||
A SWEETNESS of temper unsurpassed and unforgettable, A mole on the cheek whose absence would have been regrettable, A ripple of pleasant converse full of modulation, A bearing of inconveniences without vexation, Till a cynic would find her amiability provoking, Tempting him to indulge in mean and wicked joking. Flawlessly oval of face, especially cheek and chin, With a glance of a quality that beckoned for a glance akin, A habit of swift assent to any intelligence broken, Before the fact to be conveyed was fully spoken And she could know to what her colloquist would win her, -- This from a too alive impulsion to sympathy in her, -- All with a sense of the ridiculous, keen yet charitable; In brief, a rich profuse attractiveness unnarratable. I should have added her hints that her husband prized her but slenderly, And that (with a sigh) 'twas a pity she'd no one to treat her tenderly. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEN WHO MARCH AWAY' (SONG OF THE SOLDIERS) by THOMAS HARDY A BROKEN APPOINTMENT by THOMAS HARDY A CHRISTMAS GHOST-STORY; CHRISTMAS-EVE 1899 by THOMAS HARDY A THOUGHT IN TWO MOODS by THOMAS HARDY A THUNDERSTORM IN TOWN by THOMAS HARDY A TRAMPWOMAN'S TRAGEDY by THOMAS HARDY A WIFE IN LONDON by THOMAS HARDY ACCORDING TO THE MIGHTY WORKING by THOMAS HARDY |
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