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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
KNOWN HAD I (SONG), by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Known had I what I knew not Last Line: Have known what I know now. Subject(s): Knowledge | |||
KNOWN had I what I knew not When we met eye to eye, That thenceforth I should view not Again beneath the sky So truefooted a farer As you who faced me then, My path had been a rarer Than it figures among men! I would have trod beside you To guard your feet all day, And borne at night to guide you A lantern on your way: Would not have left you lonely With wringing doubt, to cow Old hope, if I could only Have known what I know now. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW DO YOU KNOW? by EVE MERRIAM ENLIGHTENMENT by JOSEPHINE MILES PHYSIOLOGUS by JOSEPHINE MILES A COLLEGELANDS CATECHISM by PAUL MULDOON THE BEAR AND THE MAN by ROBERT BLY A PARIS BLACKBIRD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE LIGHT THAT CAME TO LUCILLE CLIFTON by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE CLOUDS OF MAGELLAN (APHORISMS OF MR. CANON ASPIRIN) by NORMAN DUBIE THE MOTHS: 1. CIRCA 1952 by NORMAN DUBIE AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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