Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE LITTLE OLD TABLE, by THOMAS HARDY


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First Line: Creak, little wood thing, creak
Last Line: This creak from long ago.


CREAK, little wood thing, creak,
When I touch you with elbow or knee;
That is the way you speak
Of one who gave you to me!

You, little table, she brought --
Brought me with her own hand,
As she looked at me with a thought
That I did not understand.

-- Whoever owns it anon,
And hears it, will never know
What a history hangs upon
This creak from long ago.





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