Cross-currents

Thomas Hardy * Track #112 On Late Lyrics and Earlier, With Many Other Verses

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Thomas Hardy

1922

Cross-currents by Thomas Hardy

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They parted - a pallid, trembling I pair,
&nbsp And rushing down the lane
He left her lonely near me there;
&nbsp - I asked her of their pain.

“It is for ever,” at length she said,
&nbsp “His friends have schemed it so,
That the long-purposed day to wed
&nbsp Never shall we two know.”

“In such a cruel case,” said I,
&nbsp “Love will contrive a course?”
“ - Well, no . . . A thing may underlie,
&nbsp Which robs that of its force;

“A thing I could not tell him of,
&nbsp Though all the year I have tried;
This: never could I have given him love,
&nbsp Even had I been his bride.

“So, when his kinsfolk stop the way
&nbsp Point-blank, there could not be
A happening in the world to-day
&nbsp More opportune for me!

“Yet hear - no doubt to your surprise -
&nbsp I am sorry, for his sake,
That I have escaped the sacrifice
&nbsp I was prepared to make!”

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