“But what has been will be— First memory, then oblivion’s turbid sea;… — The dead — in Thomas Hardy’s The To-Be-Forgotten VI

“But what has been will be— First memory, then oblivion’s turbid sea; Like men foregone, shall we merge into those Whose story no one knows.

The dead — in Thomas Hardy’s The To-Be-Forgotten VI

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What turned up: The To-Be-Forgotten VI, Poems of the Past and the Present (1901); Exact wording and attribution checked. Spoken by The dead, a fictional character, in The To-Be-Forgotten VI, Poems of the Past and the Present (1901). Complete stanza, spoken by imagined dead people fearing the eventual loss of all re
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Sources checked: gutenberg.orgChecked using manual, 21 October 2026The To-Be-Forgotten VI, Poems of the Past and the Present (1901); Exact wording and attribution checked. Spoken by The dead, a fictional character, in The To-Be-Forgotten VI, Poems of the Past and the Present (1901). Complete stanza, spoken by imagined dead people fearing the eventual loss of all re

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