Saturday, November 6, 2010

The Mutabilitie of the Englishe Lyrick (II): Thomas Hardy: When Dead


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Red Hills, Lake George
: Georgia O'Keeffe, 1927 (The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.




It will be much better when
I am under the bough.
I shall be more myself, Dear, then,
Then I am now.
You are sure to recognize me immediately.




Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), involuntarily revenant, with assist from attendant medium (see When Dead in Human Shows, Far Phantasies, Songs and Trifles, 1925)

And see also: The Mutabilitie of the Englishe Lyrick