In Vision I Roamed

Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)



IN vision I roamed the flashing Firmament,
       So fierce in blazon that the Night waxed wan,
     As though with an awed sense of such ostent;
       And as I thought my spirit ranged on and on

     In footless traverse through ghast heights of sky,
       To the last chambers of the monstrous Dome,
     Where stars the brightest here to darkness die:
       Then, any spot on our own Earth seemed Home!

     And the sick grief that you were far away
       Grew pleasant thankfulness that you were near,
       Who might have been, set on some outstep sphere,
     Less than a Want to me, as day by day
     I lived unware, uncaring all that lay
       Locked in that Universe taciturn and drear.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 29, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB XCAC DEEADE
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 697
Words 119
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 6

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