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Song of the Soldiers' Wives
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by
DJSmurf
Fri Jul 13 2001 at 15:52:52
SONG OF THE SOLDIERS' WIVES
Thomas Hardy
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Poems of the Past and Present
I
At last! In sight of
home
again,
Of home again;
No more to
range
and
roam
again
As at that
bygone time
?
No more to go away from us
And stay from us? -
Dawn
, hold not long the day from us,
But quicken it to prime!
II
Now all the town shall
ring
to them,
Shall
ring
to them,
And we who love them
cling
to them
And
clasp
them joyfully;
And cry, "O much we'll do for you
Anew for you,
Dear Loves!--aye, draw and hew for you,
Come back
from oversea."
III
Some told us we should
meet
no more,
Should
meet
no more;
Should wait, and
wish
, but greet no more
Your
faces
round our
fires
;
That, in a while, uncharily
And drearily
Men gave their
lives
--even wearily,
Like those whom living tires.
IV
And now you are nearing
home
again,
Dears,
home
again;
No more, may be, to
roam
again
As at that
bygone time
,
Which took you far away from us
To stay from us;
Dawn, hold not long the day from us,
But
quicken
it to prime!
Poems of the Past and Present
Finnish military jargon
Cut and paste writeups will die
I Won't Be Home For Christmas
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