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1840–1928

THE DISCOVERY

Thomas Hardy

I wandered to a crude coast Like a ghost; Upon the hills I saw fires - Funeral pyres

Seemingly — and heard breaking Waves like distant cannonades that set the land shaking. And so I never once guessed A Love-nest,

Bowered and candle-lit, lay In my way, Till I found a hid hollow, Where I burst on her my heart could not but follow.

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