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HOW GREAT MY GRIEF; TRIOLET by THOMAS HARDY

Poet Analysis

First Line: HOW GREAT MY GRIEF, MY JOYS HOW FEW
Last Line: SINCE FIRST IT WAS MY FATE TO KNOW THEE?
Subject(s): GRIEF; SORROW; SADNESS;

HOW great my grief, my joys how few,
Since first it was my fate to know thee!
- Have the slow years not brought to view
How great my grief, my joys how few,
Nor memory shaped old times anew,
Nor loving-kindness helped to show thee
How great my grief, my joys how few,
Since first it was my fate to know thee?



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