Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HE PREFERS HER EARTHLY, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This after-sunset is a sight for seeing Last Line: You as the one you were. | ||||||||
THIS after-sunset is a sight for seeing, Cliff-heads of craggy cloud surrounding it. - And dwell you in that glory-show? You may; for there are strange strange things in being, Stranger than I know. Yet if that chasm of splendour claim your presence Which glows between the ash cloud and the dun, How changed must be your mortal mould! Changed to a firmament-riding earthless essence From what you were of old: All too unlike the fond and fragile creature Then known to me.... Well, shall I say it plain? I would not have you thus and there, But still would grieve on, missing you, still feature You as the one you were. | 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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