Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE SEVENTIES, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the seventies I was bearing in my breast Last Line: Locked in me. | ||||||||
'Qui deridetur ab amico suo sicut ego.' - JOB IN the seventies I was bearing in my breast, Penned tight, Certain starry thoughts that threw a magic light On the worktimes and the soundless hours of rest In the seventies; aye, I bore them in my breast Penned tight. In the seventies when my neighbours - even my friend - Saw me pass, Heads were shaken, and I heard the words, 'Alas, For his onward years and name unless he mend!' In the seventies, when my neighbours and my friend Saw me pass. In the seventies those who met me did not know Of the vision That immuned me from the chillings of misprision And the damps that choked my goings to and fro In the seventies; yea, those nodders did not know Of the vision. In the seventies nought could darken or destroy it, Locked in me, Though as delicate as lamp-worm's lucency; Neither mist nor murk could weaken or alloy it In the seventies! - could not darken or destroy it, Locked in me. | 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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