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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE GARDEN, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: We waited for the sun
Last Line: Soonest had to go.
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening
First Line: We waited for the sun
Last Line: Soonest had to go.
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening
(M.H.)
WE waited for the sun
To break its cloudy prison
(For day was not yet done,
And night still unbegun)
Leaning by the dial.
After many a trial -
We all silent there -
It burst as new-arisen,
Throwing a shade to where
Time travelled at that minute.
Little saw we in it,
But this much I know,
Of lookers on that shade,
Her towards whom it made
Soonest had to go.
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