Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT THE AQUATIC SPORTS, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: With their backs to the sea two fiddlers stand Last Line: A business they pursue. | ||||||||
WITH their backs to the sea two fiddlers stand Facing the concourse on the strand, And a third man who sings. The sports proceed; there are crab-catchings; The people laugh as levity spreads; Yet these three do not turn their heads To see whence the merriment springs. They cease their music, but even then They stand as before, do those three men Though pausing, nought to do: They never face to the seaward view To enjoy the contests, add their cheer, So wholly is their being here A business they pursue. | 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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