Thomas Hardy
Dorchester / England
Friday, January 3, 2003
Weathers Comments
Rating: ★3.8
This is the weather the cuckoo likes,
And so do I;
When showers betumble the chestnut spikes,
And nestlings fly;
And so do I;
When showers betumble the chestnut spikes,
And nestlings fly;
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Jayne Singleton
15 January 2012
Richard Pasco read this on a 1977 BBC Documentary, The Queen's Realm: marvellous! I haven't seen it in years, but I think the footage it accompanied involved views of the Cotswolds and a small village school.
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Ricky McLeod
23 February 2009
This is a lovely poem....have any of you heard the late great Richard Burton read it? He did a wonderful recording of Hardy poems many years ago now...Hardy was a favourite of his.....he is a favourite of mine too....all wonderful stuff.....
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Daphne Grant
20 March 2006
This is one of the poems I remember from school. When girls come forth sprig muslin dresst and they sit outside of the travellers rest. I has a lovely rhrym an metre. And when I see drops hanging on a branch I remember 'Drops on gate bars hang in a row' I really love this one.
Daphne
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