Poem by Thomas Hardy

Her Initials

Upon a poet’s page I wrote 
Of old two letters of her name; 
Part seemed she of the effulgent thought 
Whence that high singer’s rapture came. 
– When now I turn the leaf the same 
Immortal light illumes the lay, 
But from the letters of her name 
The radiance has waned away!

1. The Aërolite
2. Genitrix Laesa
3. V.R. 1819–1901
4. Song from Heine
5. The Bad Example

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