Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HUSBAND'S VIEW, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Can anything avail Last Line: To maids, is a useful thing!' Subject(s): Birth; Conception; Child Birth; Midwifery | ||||||||
'CAN anything avail Beldame, for my hid grief? - Listen: I'll tell the tale, It may bring faint relief! - 'I came where I was not known, In hope to flee my sin; And walking forth alone A young man said, "Good e'en." 'In gentle voice and true He asked to marry me; "You only - only you Fulfil my dream!" said he. 'We married o' Monday morn, In the month of hay and flowers; My cares were nigh forsworn, And perfect love was ours. 'But ere the days are long Untimely fruit will show; My Love keeps up his song, Undreaming it is so. 'And I awake in the night, And think of months gone by, And of that cause of flight Hidden from my Love's eye. 'Discovery borders near, And then! ... But something stirred? - My husband - he is here! Heaven - has he overheard?' - 'Yes; I have heard, sweet Nan; I have known it all the time. I am not a particular man; Misfortunes are no crime: 'And what with our serious need Of sons for soldiering, That accident, indeed, To maids, is a useful thing!' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHY I AM AFRAID OF TURNING THE PAGE by CATE MARVIN ACCIDENTS OF BIRTH by WILLIAM MEREDITH ONE FOR ALL NEWBORNS by THYLIAS MOSS CURRICULUM VITAE by LISEL MUELLER FOUND IN THE CABBAGE PATCH by LISEL MUELLER AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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