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Thread #51111   Message #777741
Posted By: GUEST,The Fantum
05-Sep-02 - 06:25 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Winter-Piece (Charles Tomlinson)
Subject: Lyr Add: WEATHERS (Thomas Hardy)
WEATHERS
(Thomas Hardy)

This is the weather the cuckoo likes,
And so do I;
When showers betumble the chestnut spikes,
And nestlings fly;
And the little brown nightingale bills his best
And they sit outside at 'The Traveller's Rest,'
And maids come forth sprig-muslin drest,
And citizens dream of the south and west,
And so do I.

(II)

This is the weather the shepherd shuns,
And so do I;
When beeches drip in browns and duns,
And thresh and ply;
And hill-hid tides throb, throe on throe,
And meadow rivulets overflow,
And drops on gate bars hang in a row,
And rooks in families homeward go,
And so do I.

-- Thomas Hardy

Might read better now

Regards