Poem by Thomas Hardy

Lover to Mistress

   (Song)

Beckon to me to come
With handkerchief or hand,
Or finger mere or thumb;
Let forecasts be but rough,
Parents more bleak than bland,
’Twill be enough,
Maid mine,
’Twill be enough!

Two fields, a wood, a tree,
Nothing now more malign
Lies between you and me;
But were they bysm, or bluff,
Or snarling sea, one sign
Would be enough,
Maid mine,
Would be enough!

  From an old copy

1. Silences
2. The Bad Example
3. On the Tune Called the Old-Hundred-and-Fourth
4. The Three Tall Men
5. A Victorian Rehearsal

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