Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE AEROLITE, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I thought a germ of consciousness Last Line: Normal unawareness waits rebirth. | ||||||||
I THOUGHT a germ of Consciousness Escaped on an aerolite Aions ago From some far globe, where no distress Had means to mar supreme delight; But only things abode that made The power to feel a gift uncloyed Of gladsome glow, And life unendingly displayed Emotions loved, desired, enjoyed. And that this stray, exotic germ Fell wanderingly upon our sphere, After its wingings, Quickened, and showed to us the worm That gnaws vitalities native here, And operated to unblind Earth's old-established innocence Of stains and stingings, Which grin no griefs while not opined But cruelly tax intelligence. "How shall we," then the seers said, "Oust this awareness, this disease Called sense, here sown, Though good, no doubt, where it was bred, And wherein all things work to please?" Others cried: "Nay, we rather would, Since this untoward gift is sent For ends unknown, Limit its registerings to good, And hide from it all anguishment." I left them pondering. This was how (Or so I dreamed) was waked on earth The mortal moan Begot of sentience. Maybe now Normal unawareness waits rebirth. | 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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