Thomas Hardy – MADHU MALTI

The Darkling Thrush : Thomas Hardy : : Bird Poems : ,:

The Darkling Thrush : : By Thomas Hardy I leant upon a coppice gateWhen Frost was spectre-grey,And Winter’s dregs made desolateThe weakening eye of day.The tangled bine-stems scored the skyLike strings of broken lyres,And all mankind that haunted nighHad sought their household fires. The land’s sharp features seemed to beThe Century’s corpse outleant,His crypt theContinue reading “The Darkling Thrush : Thomas Hardy : : Bird Poems : ,:”

Shelley’s Skylark : Thomas Hardy : : Bird Poems : :

Shelley’s Skylark : : By Thomas Hardy ( 1840 – 1928 ) : : : : ………………………………………………: : Somewhere afield here something liesIn Earth’s oblivious eyeless trustThat moved a poet to prophecies –A pinch of unseen, unguarded dust The dust of the lark that Shelley heard,And made immortal through times to be; –Though it onlyContinue reading “Shelley’s Skylark : Thomas Hardy : : Bird Poems : :”

At Day-Close in November : Thomas Hardy : ( 1 ) : : Mark Wilde ( Tenor ) & Philip Sunderland ( Piano ) ( November 29 , 2008 ) : ( 2 ) from Winter Words Composed by Benjamin Britton : : November Poems : : Months Poems : :

At day-close in NovemberBy Thomas Hardy : : : : The ten hours’ light is abating,And a late bird wings across,Where the pines, like waltzers waiting,Give their black heads a toss. 4Beech leaves, that yellow the noontime,Float past like specks in the eye;I set every tree in my June time,And now they obscure the sky.Continue reading “At Day-Close in November : Thomas Hardy : ( 1 ) : : Mark Wilde ( Tenor ) & Philip Sunderland ( Piano ) ( November 29 , 2008 ) : ( 2 ) from Winter Words Composed by Benjamin Britton : : November Poems : : Months Poems : :”

An August Midnight : Thomas Hardy : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :

An August Midnight : : By Thomas Hardy : : : : I A shaded lamp and a waving blind,And the beat of a clock from a distant floor:2On this scene enter–winged, horned, and spined –A longlegs, a moth, and a dumbledore; 4While ‘mid my page there idly standsA sleepy fly, that rubs its handsContinue reading “An August Midnight : Thomas Hardy : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :”

The Echo Elf Answers : Thomas Hardy : : June Poems : : Months Poems : :

The Echo Elf AnswersTHOMAS HARDY : : : : How much shall I love her?For life, or not long?“Not long.” Alas! When forget her?In years, or by June?“By June.” And whom woo I after?No one, or a throng?“A throng.” Of these shall I wed oneLong hence, or quite soon?“Quite soon.” And which will my brideContinue reading “The Echo Elf Answers : Thomas Hardy : : June Poems : : Months Poems : :”

Beeny Cliff : Thomas Hardy : : March Poems : : Month Poems : :

Beeny Cliff by Thomas HardyO the opal and the sapphire of that wandering western sea, 1And the woman riding high above with bright hair flapping free – 2The woman whom I loved so, and who loyally loved me. 3 The pale mews plained below us, and the waves seemed far away 4In a nether sky,Continue reading “Beeny Cliff : Thomas Hardy : : March Poems : : Month Poems : :”

The Darkling Thrush : Thomas Hardy : : Winter Poems : :

The Darkling ThrushBY THOMAS HARDYI leant upon a coppice gate When Frost was spectre-grey,And Winter’s dregs made desolate The weakening eye of day.The tangled bine-stems scored the sky Like strings of broken lyres,And all mankind that haunted nigh Had sought their household fires. The land’s sharp features seemed to be The Century’s corpse outleant,His cryptContinue reading “The Darkling Thrush : Thomas Hardy : : Winter Poems : :”