Monday, 15 August 2016

That mirror, by Thomas Hardy

         Which makes of men a transparency,
            Who holds that mirror
And bids us such a breast-bared spectacle to see
            Of you and me?

            That mirror
         Whose magic penetrates like a dart,
            Who lifts that mirror
And throws our mind back on us, and our heart,
            Until we start?

            That mirror
         Works well in these night hours of ache;
            Why in that mirror
Are tincts we never see ourselves once take
            When the world is awake?

            That mirror
          Can test each mortal when unaware;
            Yea, that strange mirror
May catch his last thoughts, whole life foul or fair,
            Reflecting it—where?

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