Waiting Both

Thomas HardyThomas Hardy

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A star looks down at me,
And says:  “Here I and you
Stand each in our degree:
What do you mean to do,—  Mean to do?”I say:  “For all I know,
Wait, and let Time go by,
Till my change come.”—”Just so,”
The star says:  “So mean I:—
  So mean I.”
Thomas Hardy
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Thomas Hardy

1840 - 1928/Male/EnglishA novelist and poet, Hardy wrote of tragic characters struggling against their passions and social circumstances.

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