Time & Brevity
Lover to Mistress
From Human Shows, Far Phantasies, Songs and Trifles (1925)
Time & Brevity
Beckon to me to come
With handkerchief or hand,
Or finger mere or thumb;
Let forecasts be but rough,
Parents more bleak than bland,
’Twill be enough,
Maid mine,
’Twill be enough!
Two fields, a wood, a tree,
Nothing now more malign
Lies between you and me;
But were they bysm, or bluff,
Or snarling sea, one sign
Would be enough,
Maid mine,
Would be enough!
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(Song) · From an old copy.
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Hardy, Thomas. “Lover to Mistress.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hardy/526/.
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Hardy, Thomas. “Lover to Mistress.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hardy/526/.
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