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Poems of the Past and the Present
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V.R. 1819-1901
A REVERIE
Moments the mightiest pass uncalendared,
And when the Absolute
In backward Time outgave the deedful word
Whereby all life is stirred:
"Let one be born and throned whose mould shall constitute
The norm of every royal-reckoned attribute,"
No mortal knew or heard.
But in due days the purposed Life outshone -
Serene, sagacious, free;
—Her waxing seasons bloomed with deeds well done,
And the world’s heart was won . . .
Yet may the deed of hers most bright in eyes to be
Lie hid from ours—as in the All-One’s thought lay she -
Till ripening years have run.
SUNDAY NIGHT,
27th January 1901.
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Chicago: Thomas Hardy, "V.R. 1819-1901 a Reverie," Poems of the Past and the Present, ed. Keil, Heinrich, 1822-1894 and trans. Seaton, R. C. in Poems of the Past and the Present (New York: George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892), Original Sources, accessed March 13, 2025, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KY6FUJX39HKTSZU.
MLA: Hardy, Thomas. "V.R. 1819-1901 a Reverie." Poems of the Past and the Present, edited by Keil, Heinrich, 1822-1894, and translated by Seaton, R. C., in Poems of the Past and the Present, New York, George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Original Sources. 13 Mar. 2025. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KY6FUJX39HKTSZU.
Harvard: Hardy, T, 'V.R. 1819-1901 a Reverie' in Poems of the Past and the Present, ed. and trans. . cited in ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Poems of the Past and the Present, George E. Wood, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 13 March 2025, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KY6FUJX39HKTSZU.
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