I
Stretching eyes west
Over the sea,
Wind foul or fair,
Always stood she
Prospect-impressed;
Solely out there
Did her gaze rest,
Never elsewhere
Seemed charm to be.
II
Always eyes east
Ponders she now -
As in devotion -
Hills of blank brow
Where no waves plough.
Never the least
Room for emotion
Drawn from the ocean
Does she allow.
The Riddle
Thomas Hardy
(2)
Poem topics: ocean, sea, wind, room, emotion, charm, gaze, devotion, never, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about The Riddle poem by Thomas Hardy
Jack A Butler: mentioned in Martha Grimes's novel Vertigo 42. Poem reads to me like a woman who was always looking far out and away for love and beauty, never up close, and as a result now cannot accept or believe in such love or beauty.
Best Poems of Thomas Hardy