Religion
IX
From Late Lyrics and Earlier, With Many Other Verses
Religion
Calm fell. From Heaven distilled a clemency;
There was peace on earth, and silence in the sky;
Some could, some could not, shake off misery:
The Sinister Spirit sneered: “It had to be!”
And again the Spirit of Pity whispered, “Why?”
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Hardy, Thomas. “IX.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hardy/431/.
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Hardy, Thomas. “IX.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hardy/431/.
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