Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LAST LOVE-WORD, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This is the last; the very, very last! Last Line: Love, doomed us two! Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
(Song) THIS is the last; the very, very last! Anon, and all is dead and dumb, Only a pale shroud over the past, That cannot be Of value small or vast, Love, then to me! I can say no more: I have even said too much. I did not mean that this should come: I did not know 'twould swell to such - Nor, perhaps, you - When that first look and touch, Love, doomed us two! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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