The Complete Poetical Works. Томас Харди

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      V.R. 1819–1901

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      A REVERIE

      Moments the mightiest pass uncalendared,

       And when the Absolute

       In backward Time outgave the deedful word

       Whereby all life is stirred:

       “Let one be born and throned whose mould shall constitute

       The norm of every royal-reckoned attribute,”

       No mortal knew or heard.

       But in due days the purposed Life outshone—

       Serene, sagacious, free;

       —Her waxing seasons bloomed with deeds well done,

       And the world’s heart was won . . .

       Yet may the deed of hers most bright in eyes to be

       Lie hid from ours—as in the All-One’s thought lay she—

       Till ripening years have run.

      Sunday Night,

       27th January 1901.