Added: Dec 5, 2008
From: Juanako26
Duration: 1:13
Thomas Hardy always wished for his poetry to be accesible to the widest audience at the lowest possible price, he wanted everyone to enjoy it.This is a one-man ongoing project, by which I intend to get all of his 948 compositions on Youtube. The numbering followed is the one used in Gibson's "The Complete Poems", which is held as the standard by the Hardy scholarly community.Now, although I am proficient in English, you will certainly notice it isn't my mother tongue. I am aware of my limitations and I'll always try my best. I will always provide a transcription of the poem in the description of the video, nonetheless.12 - HER DILEMMAThe two were silent in a sunless church,Whose mildewed walls, uneven paving-stones,And wasted carvings passed antique research;And nothing broke the clocks dull monotones.Leaning against a wormy poppy-head,So wan and worn that he could scarcely stand,--For he was soon to die,--he softly said,Tell me you love me!--holding long her hand.She would have given a world to breathe yes truly,So much his life seemed hanging on her mind,And hence she lied, her heart persuaded throughly,Twas worth her soul to be a moment kind.But the sad need thereof, his nearing death,So mocked humanity that she shamed to prizeA world conditioned thus, or care for breathWhere Nature such dilemmas could devise.
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