Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CHILD AND THE SAGE, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You say, o sage, when weather-checked Last Line: Makes reasonable a pain? | ||||||||
YOU say, O Sage, when weather-checked, 'I have been favoured so With cloudless skies, I must expect This dash of rain or snow.' 'Since health has been my lot,' you say, 'So many months of late, I must not chafe that one short day Of sickness mars my state.' You say, 'Such bliss has been my share From Love's unbroken smile, It is but reason I should bear A cross therein awhile.' And thus you do not count upon Continuance of joy; But, when at ease, expect anon A burden of annoy. But, Sage - this Earth - why not a place Where no reprisals reign, Where never a spell of pleasantness Makes reasonable a pain? | 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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