The Child and the Sage

Thomas Hardy * Track #43 On Late Lyrics and Earlier, With Many Other Verses

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Thomas Hardy

1922

The Child and the Sage by Thomas Hardy

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Thomas Hardy

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You say, O Sage, when weather-checked,
&nbsp “I have been favoured so
With cloudless skies, I must expect
&nbsp This dash of rain or snow.”

“Since health has been my lot,” you say,
&nbsp “So many months of late,
I must not chafe that one short day
&nbsp Of sickness mars my state.”

You say, “Such bliss has been my share
&nbsp From Love’s unbroken smile,
It is but reason I should bear
&nbsp A cross therein awhile.”

And thus you do not count upon
&nbsp Continuance of joy;
But, when at ease, expect anon
&nbsp A burden of annoy.

But, Sage - this Earth - why not a place
&nbsp Where no reprisals reign,
Where never a spell of pleasantness
&nbsp Makes reasonable a pain?

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