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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A COOUNTENANCE, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Her laugh was not in the middle of her face quite Last Line: As love became unblinded? | |||
HER laugh was not in the middle of her face quite, As a gay laugh springs, It was plain she was anxious about some things I could not trace quite. Her curls were like fir-cones - piled up, brown - Or rather like tight-tied sheaves: It seemed they could never be taken down.... And her lips were too full, some might say: I did not think so. Anyway, The shadow her lower one would cast Was green in hue whenever she passed Bright sun on midsummer leaves. Alas, I knew not much of her, And lost all sight and touch of her! If otherwise, should I have minded The shy laugh not in the middle of her mouth quite, And would my kisses have died of drouth quite As love became unblinded? | 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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