Poems of the Past and the Present by Thomas Hardy
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To me appertain;
"For Reason is rank in my temples, And Vision unruly, And chivalrous laud of my cunning Is heard not again!" "I SAID TO LOVE" I said to Love, "It is not now as in old days When men adored thee and thy ways All else above; Named thee the Boy, the Bright, the One Who spread a heaven beneath the sun," I said to Love. I said to him, "We now know more of thee than then; We were but weak in judgment when, With hearts abrim, We clamoured thee that thou would'st please Inflict on us thine agonies," I said to him. I said to Love, |
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