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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THERE SEEMED A STRANGENESS; A PHANTASY, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There seemed a strangeness in the air Last Line: "the great adjustment is taking place." | |||
THERE seemed a strangeness in the air, Vermilion light on the land's lean face; I heard a Voice from I knew not where: -- "The Great Adjustment is taking place! "I set thick darkness over you, And fogged you all your years therein; At last I uncloud your view, Which I am weary of holding in. "Men have not heard, men have not seen Since the beginning of the world What earth and heaven mean; But now their curtains shall be furled, "And they shall see what is, ere long, Not through a glass, but face to face; And Right shall disestablish Wrong: The Great Adjustment is taking place." | 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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