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Five Poems by Thomas Hardy

Song Cycle by John Ireland (1879-1962)


1. Beckon to me to come

Language: English

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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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2. In my sage moments

Language: English

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In my sage moments I can say
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3. It was what you bore with you, Woman

Language: English

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It was what you bore with you, Woman,
Not inly were,
That throned you from all else human,
However fair!

It was that strange freshness you carried
Into a soul
Whereon no thought of yours tarried
Two moments at all.

And out from his spirit flew death,
And bale, and ban,
Like the corn-chaff under the breath
of the winnowing-fan.

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4. The tragedy of that moment

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The tragedy of that moment
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5. Dear, think not that they will forget you

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Dear, think not that they will forget you:
- If craftsmanly art should be mine
I will build up a temple, and set you
		Therein as its shrine.

They may say: "Why a woman such honour?"
- Be told, "O so sweet was her fame,
That a man heaped this splendour upon her;
		None now knows his name."

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