Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses
Fiction & Literature, Poetry, Inspirational & Religious, British & Irish, Classics
| Author: | Thomas Hardy | ISBN: | 1230000301234 |
| Publisher: | Consumer Oriented Ebooks Publisher | Publication: | February 17, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| ISBN: | 1230000301234 |
| Publisher: | Consumer Oriented Ebooks Publisher |
| Publication: | February 17, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
That mirror
Which makes of men a transparency,
Who holds that mirror
And bids us such a breast-bare spectacle see
Of you and me?
That mirror
Whose magic penetrates like a dart,
Who lifts that mirror
And throws our mind back on us, and our heart,
Until we start?
That mirror
Works well in these night hours of ache;
Why in that mirror
Are tincts we never see ourselves once take
When the world is awake?
That mirror
Can test each mortal when unaware;
Yea, that strange mirror
May catch his last thoughts, whole life foul or fair,
Glassing it--where?
That mirror
Which makes of men a transparency,
Who holds that mirror
And bids us such a breast-bare spectacle see
Of you and me?
That mirror
Whose magic penetrates like a dart,
Who lifts that mirror
And throws our mind back on us, and our heart,
Until we start?
That mirror
Works well in these night hours of ache;
Why in that mirror
Are tincts we never see ourselves once take
When the world is awake?
That mirror
Can test each mortal when unaware;
Yea, that strange mirror
May catch his last thoughts, whole life foul or fair,
Glassing it--where?
