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Poem by Thomas Hardy


The Thing Unplanned


The white winter sun struck its stroke on the bridge,
The meadow-rills rippled and gleamed
As I left the thatched post-office, just by the ridge,
And dropped in my pocket her long tender letter,
With: ‘This must be snapped! it is more than it seemed;
And now is the opportune time!’

But against what I willed worked the surging sublime
Of the thing that I did – the thing better!



Thomas Hardy


Thomas Hardy's other poems:
  1. At the Word ‘Farewell’
  2. The Supplanter
  3. Afternoon Service at Mellstock
  4. The Children and Sir Nameless
  5. Tragedian to Tragedienne


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