V.R. 1819-1901, A Reverie

Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)



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.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme AAAAAAABCDDCCD
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 591
Words 99
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

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