Death & Dying

XIII

by Thomas Hardy 1840–1928

From Poems of the Past and the Present

Death & Dying

Then bitterly some: “Was it wise now
To raise the tomb-door
For such knowledge? Away!”
But the rest: “Fame we prized till to-day;
Yet that hearts keep us green for old kindness we prize now
A thousand times more!”

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