Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DISCOURAGEMENT, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To see the mother, naturing nature, stand Last Line: And fosterer of visions ghast and grim. | ||||||||
TO see the Mother, naturing Nature, stand All racked and wrung by her unfaithful lord, Her hopes dismayed by his defiling hand, Her passioned plans for bloom and beauty marred. Where she would mint a perfect mould, an ill; Where she would don divinest hues, a stain, Over her purposed genial hour a chill, Upon her charm of flawless flesh a blain: Her loves dependent on a feature's trim, A whole life's circumstance on hap of birth, A soul's direction on a body's whim, Eternal Heaven upon a day of Earth, Is frost to flower of heroism and worth, And fosterer of visions ghast and grim. | 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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