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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TRAGEDIAN TO TRAGEDIENNE, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Shall I leave you behind me Last Line: Yes: end them: I not there to succour you. | |||
SHALL I leave you behind me When I play In earnest what we've played in mock to-day? Why, yes; most surely shall I Leave you behind In yet full orbit, when my years unwind. I may creep off in the night-time, And none know Till comes the morning, bringing news 'tis so. Will you then turn for a moment White or red, Recall those spells of ours; things done, things said? Aye, those adventurous doings And those days Of stress, when I'd the blame and you the praise? Still you will meet adventure -- None knows what -- Still you will go on changing: I shall not. Still take a call at the mummings Daily or nightly, Yielding to custom, calmly, gloomily, brightly. Last, you will flag, and finish Your masquings too: Yes: end them: I not there to succour you. | 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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