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Thomas Hardy - To An Orphan Child
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Ah, child, thou art but half thy darling mother’s;  
  Hers couldst thou wholly be,  
My light in thee would outglow all in others;  
  She would relive to me.  
But niggard Nature’s trick of birth
  Bars, lest she overjoy,  
Renewal of the loved on earth  
    Save with alloy.  
  
The Dame has no regard, alas, my maiden,  
  For love and loss like mine—
No sympathy with mind-sight memory-laden;  
  Only with fickle eyne.  
To her mechanic artistry  
  My dreams are all unknown,  
And why I wish that thou couldst be
    But One’s alone!
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