Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy
(2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928 / Dorchester / England)
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The Roman Road - Poem by Thomas Hardy
The Roman Road runs straight and bare
As the pale parting-line in hair
Across the heath. And thoughtful men
Contrast its days of Now and Then,
And delve, and measure, and compare;
Visioning on the vacant air
Helmeted legionnaires, who proudly rear
The Eagle, as they pace again
The Roman Road.
But no tall brass-helmeted legionnaire
Haunts it for me. Uprises there
A mother's form upon my ken,
Guiding my infant steps, as when
We walked that ancient thoroughfare,
The Roman Road.
Poems by Thomas Hardy : 261 / 326
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Poem Submitted: Friday, January 3, 2003
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