Yell'Ham-Wood's Story

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Title:     Yell'Ham-Wood's Story
Author: Thomas Hardy [More Titles by Hardy]

Coomb-Firtrees say that Life is a moan,
And Clyffe-hill Clump says "Yea!"
But Yell'ham says a thing of its own:
It's not "Gray, gray
Is Life alway!"
That Yell'ham says,
Nor that Life is for ends unknown.

It says that Life would signify
A thwarted purposing:
That we come to live, and are called to die,
Yes, that's the thing
In fall, in spring,
That Yell'ham says:-
"Life offers--to deny!"

1902.

[The end]
Thomas Hardy's poem: Yell'ham-Wood's Story

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