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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON MARTOCK MOOR, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: My deep-dyed husband trusts me
Last Line: Meets me upon the moor.
Subject(s): Moors (land)
First Line: My deep-dyed husband trusts me
Last Line: Meets me upon the moor.
Subject(s): Moors (land)
I
MY deep-dyed husband trusts me,
He feels his mastery sure,
Although I leave his evening hearth
To walk upon the moor.
II
- I had what wealth I needed,
And of gay gowns a score,
And yet I left my husband's house
To muse upon the moor.
III
O how I loved a dear one
Who, save in soul, was poor!
O how I loved the man who met
Me nightly on the moor.
IV
I'd feather-beds and couches,
And carpets for the floor,
Yet brighter to me was, at eves,
The bareness of the moor.
V
There was a dogging figure,
There was a hiss of 'Whore!'
There was a flounce at Weir-water
One night upon the moor....
VI
Yet do I haunt there, knowing
By rote each rill's low pour,
But only a fitful phantom now
Meets me upon the moor.
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