Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PROTEAN MAID (SONG), by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This single girl is two girls Last Line: "with kisses swift and slow." | ||||||||
THIS single girl is two girls: How strange such things should be! One noon eclipsed by few girls, The next no beauty she. And daily cries the lover, In voice and feature vext: "My last impression of her Is never to be the next! "She's plain: I will forget her! She's turned to fair. Ah no, Forget? -- not I! I'll pet her With kisses swift and slow." | 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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