English poem
Satires Of Circumstances In Fifteen Glimpses - V At A Watering-Place
by Thomas Hardy
They sit and smoke on the esplanade, The man and his friend, and regard the bay Where the far chalk cliffs, to the left displayed, Smile sallowly in the decline of day. And saunterers pass with laugh and jest - A handsome couple among the rest. "That smart proud pair," says the man to his friend, "Are to marry next week . . . How little he thinks That dozens of days and nights on end I have stroked her neck, unhooked the links Of her sleeve to get at her upper arm . . . Well, bliss is in ignorance: what's the harm!"
More by Thomas Hardy
- Satires Of Circumstances In Fifteen Glimpses - II In Church
- Satires Of Circumstances In Fifteen Glimpses - III By Her Aunt's Grave
- Satires Of Circumstances In Fifteen Glimpses - IV In The Room Of The Bride-Elect
- Satires Of Circumstances In Fifteen Glimpses - IX At The Altar-Rail
- Satires Of Circumstances In Fifteen Glimpses - VI In The Cemetery
- Satires Of Circumstances In Fifteen Glimpses - VII Outside The Window
- Satires Of Circumstances In Fifteen Glimpses - VIII In The Study
- Satires Of Circumstances In Fifteen Glimpses - X In The Nuptial Chamber