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LOVER TO MISTESS (SONG FROM AN OLD COPY) by THOMAS HARDY

Poet Analysis

First Line: BECKON TO ME TO COME
Last Line: WOULD BE ENOUGH!

BECKON to me to come
With handkerchief or hand,
Or finger mere or thumb;
Let forecasts be but rough,
Parents more bleak than bland,
'Twill be enough,
Maid mine,
'Twill be enough!

Two fields, a wood, a tree,
Nothing now more malign
Lies between you and me;
But were they bysm, or bluff,
Or snarling sea, one sign
Would be enough,
Maid mine,
Would be enough!



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