V.R. 1819-1901, A Reverie

By Thomas Hardy

6/2/1840-1/11/1928


Moments the mightiest pass uncalendared,
         And when the Absolute
         In backward Time outgave the deedful word
         Whereby all life is stirred:
"Let one be born and throned whose mould shall constitute
The norm of every royal-reckoned attribute,"
         No mortal knew or heard.
         But in due days the purposed Life outshone -
         Serene, sagacious, free;
         --Her waxing seasons bloomed with deeds well done,
         And the world's heart was won . . .
Yet may the deed of hers most bright in eyes to be
Lie hid from ours--as in the All-One's thought lay she -
         Till ripening years have run.

DayPoems Poem No. 994
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