The House of Hospitalities

Thomas Hardy * Track #5 On Time’s Laughingstocks, and Other Verses

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Thomas Hardy

1909

The House of Hospitalities by Thomas Hardy

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Thomas Hardy

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Here we broached the Christmas barrel,
&nbsp Pushed up the charred log-ends;
Here we sang the Christmas carol,
&nbsp       &nbsp And called in friends.

Time has tired me since we met here
&nbsp When the folk now dead were young,
Since the viands were outset here
&nbsp       &nbsp And quaint songs sung.

And the worm has bored the viol
&nbsp That used to lead the tune,
Rust eaten out the dial
&nbsp       &nbsp That struck night's noon.

Now no Christmas brings in neighbours,
&nbsp And the New Year comes unlit;
Where we sang the mole now labours,
&nbsp       &nbsp And spiders knit.

Yet at midnight if here walking,
&nbsp When the moon sheets wall and tree,
I see forms of old time talking,
&nbsp       &nbsp Who smile on me.

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