The Announcement

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Title:     The Announcement
Author: Thomas Hardy [More Titles by Hardy]

They came, the brothers, and took two chairs
In their usual quiet way;
And for a time we did not think
They had much to say.

And they began and talked awhile
Of ordinary things,
Till spread that silence in the room
A pent thought brings.

And then they said: "The end has come.
Yes: it has come at last."
And we looked down, and knew that day
A spirit had passed.

[The end]
Thomas Hardy's poem: Announcement

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