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1840–1928

“MY SPIRIT WILL NOT HAUNT THE MOUND”

Thomas Hardy

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.

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