Thomas Hardy Funeral Poems · 1. God's Funeral...... I I saw a slowly-stepping train -- Lined on the brows, scoop-eyed and bent and hoar --

I heard a small sad sound,. And stood awhile among the tombs around: "Wherefore, old friends," said I, "are you distrest,. Now, screened from life's unrest?".

O Life with the sad seared face, I weary of seeing thee, And thy draggled cloak, and thy hobbling pace, And thy too-forced pleasantry!

Hardy calls the poem 'The Going' but he largely avoids the word death. He refers to Emma's death as 'close your term here, up and be gone / Where I could not ...

They hail me as one living, But don't they know That I have died of late years, Untombed although? I am but a shape that stands here, A pulseless mould.

3 мар. 2024 г. · 'The Going' is a wonderful elegy written soon after the death of Thomas Hardy's first wife, Emma, on 27 November, 1912.

Thomas Hardy 1840 – 1928 How great my grief, my joys how few, Since first it was my fate to know thee! - Have the slow years not brought to view.

This powerful poem explores themes of regret, loss, and unrequited love. It is a poignant portrayal of a man's grief for a woman he could not marry.

Hardy writes this elegy as if immediately after his mother's death. All the business of nursing, the anxiety, the little tasks that surround the sickbed are ...

30 апр. 2021 г. · If you're looking for a poem to read at a funeral, or would like to read something comforting, we hope this list will bring you some peace.