Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy
Shut Out that Moon is shut out
Close up the case, draw the blind, close the window, draw the blind,
Shut out that stealing the moon,
she wears too many pretexts, she wears too many pretexts, she is poor
Before our lutes were strewn, we were scattered in Lutz
with years-deep dust, and names we read after years of deep dust, the names we read were
On a white stone were hewn.
step not forth on the dew-dashed lawn
To view the Lady's Chair, to see the lady's chair,
immersion Orion's glistening form, Orion's huge glittering form,
The Less and Greater Bear: bigger and bigger bear:
Stay in. To such sights we were drawn to stay; After we come to such a scenic spot
When faded ones were fair. When faded, it is fair.
brush not the bough for midnight scene is not the night smell of branches and brushes
That come forth lingeringly, which makes me reluctant to part with it.
and wake the same sweet sentiments awaken
They breathed to you and me. They breathe you and me
when living seen a laugh, a love. Life seems to be a laugh, but love
all it is said to be. Some people say that all people.
Within the common lamp-lit room is in the room with the same light
Prison my eyes and thought; Imprisoning my eyes and thoughts;
Let dingy details crudely loom, let dirty details rough the loom,
mechanical speech he wrought: In the mechanic's speech, he was extremely nervous:
too fragrant was life's early bloom, too fragrant is the first flowering period of life,
too tart the fruit it brough! Too sour fruit. Bring it!