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Thomas Hardy - I Said To Love
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I said to Love,
"It is not now as in old days
When men adored thee and thy ways
      All else above;
Named thee the Boy, the Bright, the One
Who spread a heaven beneath the sun,"
      I said to Love.

      I said to him,
"We now know more of thee than then;
We were but weak in judgment when,
      With hearts abrim,
We clamoured thee that thou would`st please
Inflict on us thine agonies,"
      I said to him.

      I said to Love,
"Thou art not young, thou art not fair,
No faery darts, no cherub air,
      Nor swan, nor dove
Are thine; but features pitiless,
And iron daggers of distress,"
      I said to Love.

      "Depart then, Love! . . .
- Man`s race shall end, dost threaten thou?
The age to come the man of now
      Know nothing of? -
We fear not such a threat from thee;
We are too old in apathy!
Mankind shall cease.—So let it be,"
      I said to Love.
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