History & Politics

“my Spirit Will Not Haunt the Mound”

by Thomas Hardy 1840–1928

From Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces

History & Politics

MY spirit will not haunt the mound
Above my breast,
But travel, memory-possessed,
To where my tremulous being found
Life largest, best.

My phantom-footed shape will go
When nightfall grays
Hither and thither along the ways
I and another used to know
In backward days.

And there you’ll find me, if a jot
You still should care
For me, and for my curious air;
If otherwise, then I shall not,
For you, be there.

MLA

Hardy, Thomas. ““my Spirit Will Not Haunt the Mound”.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hardy/10/.

Chicago

Hardy, Thomas. ““my Spirit Will Not Haunt the Mound”.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hardy/10/.

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