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TO C.F.H.; ON HER CHRISTENING-DAY by THOMAS HARDY

Poet Analysis

First Line: FAIR CAROLINE, I WONDER WHAT
Last Line: GOOD THINGS WITH GLAD. . . . YES, CAROLINE!
Subject(s): BAPTISM; CHRISTENINGS;

FAIR Caroline, I wonder what
You think of earth as a dwelling-spot,
And if you'd rather have come, or not?

To-day has laid on you a name
That, though unasked for, you will claim
Lifelong, for love or praise or blame.

May chance and change impose on you
No heavier burthen than this new
Care-chosen one your future through!

Dear stranger here, the prayer is mine
That your experience may combine
Good things with glad. . . . Yes, Caroline!



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