History & Politics
“my Spirit Will Not Haunt the Mound”
From Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces
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.
Cite this poem
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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