The maid of Keinton Mandeville

Thomas Hardy * Track #3 On Late Lyrics and Earlier, With Many Other Verses

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Thomas Hardy

1922

The maid of Keinton Mandeville by Thomas Hardy

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Thomas Hardy

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I hear that maiden still
Of Keinton Mandeville
Singing, in flights that played
As wind-wafts through us all,
Till they made our mood a thrall
To their aery rise and fall,
&nbsp “Should he upbraid.”

Rose-necked, in sky-gray gown,
From a stage in Stower Town
Did she sing, and singing smile
As she blent that dexterous voice
With the ditty of her choice,
And banished our annoys
&nbsp Thereawhile.

One with such song had power
To wing the heaviest hour
Of him who housed with her.
Who did I never knew
When her spoused estate ondrew,
And her warble flung its woo
&nbsp In his ear.

Ah, she’s a beldame now,
Time-trenched on cheek and brow,
Whom I once heard as a maid
From Keinton Mandeville
Of matchless scope and skill
Sing, with smile and swell and trill,
&nbsp “Should he upbraid!”

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