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Poem by Thomas Hardy


A Young Man’s Epigram on Existence


A senseless school, where we must give
Our lives that we may learn to live!
A dolt is he who memorizes
Lessons that leave no time for prizes.

16 W.P.V., 1866

Thomas Hardy


Thomas Hardy's other poems:
  1. The End of the Episode
  2. The Month’s Calendar
  3. The Strange House
  4. The Pair He Saw Pass
  5. Song to Aurore


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