V.R. 1819-1901, A Reverie

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Title:     V.R. 1819-1901, A Reverie
Author: Thomas Hardy [More Titles by Hardy]

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.

[The end]
Thomas Hardy's poem: V.r. 1819-1901, A Reverie

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