Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GEORGE MEREDITH, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Forty years back, when much had place Last Line: His words wing on - as live words will. Subject(s): Meredith, George (1828-1909); Novels & Novelists | ||||||||
FORTY years back, when much had place That since has perished out of mind, I heard that voice and saw that face. He spoke as one afoot will wind A morning horn ere men awake; His note was trenchant, turning kind. He was of those whose wit can shake And riddle to the very core The counterfeits that Time will break.... Of late, when we two met once more, The luminous countenance and rare Shone just as forty years before. So that, when now all tongues declare His shape unseen by his green hill, I scarce believe he sits not there. No matter. Further and further still Through the world's vaporous vitiate air His words wing on - as live words will. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 259 by LYN HEJINIAN CONDENSED NOVEL by MAXWELL BODENHEIM ACROSS THE LONG DARK BORDER by EDWARD HIRSCH APOSTROPHE (IN MEMORY OF DONALD BARTHELME, 1931-1989) by EDWARD HIRSCH ON LOVE: GEORGE MEREDITH by EDWARD HIRSCH MARCHING THROUGH A NOVEL by JOHN UPDIKE TOME THOUGHTS, FROM THE 'TIMES' by JOHN UPDIKE AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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