Where They Lived by Thomas Hardy

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Dishevelled leaves creep down          Upon that bank to-day, Some green, some yellow, and some pale brown;          The wet bents bob and sway; The once warm slippery turf is sodden         Where we laughingly sat or lay.           The summerhouse is gone,         Leaving a weedy space; The bushes that veiled it once have grown         Gaunt trees that interlace, Through whose lank limbs I see too clearly          The nakedness of the place.           And where were hills of blue,         Blind drifts of vapour blow, And the names of former dwellers few,          If any, people know, And instead of a voice that called, “Come in, Dears,”          Time calls, “Pass below!”            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   “Where They Lived” was published in Hardy’s book Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses (Macmillan, 1919).   Thomas Hardy was born on June 2, 1840, in Dorset, England. His collections of poetry include Wessex Poems and Other Verses (Harper & Brothers, 1898) and Time’s Laughingstocks and Other Verses (Macmillan, 1909). Hardy died on January 11, 1928.   Poetry by Hardy   Thomas Hardy: Selected Poems (Pearson Longman, 2009) "Home is so Sad" by Philip Larkin "He Foretells His Passing" by F. D. Reeve "anyone lived in a pretty how town" by E. E. Cummings Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038