It will return long years hence, when As now its strange swift shine Will fall on Yell’ham; but not then On that sweet form of thine.
Thomas Hardy
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Comet at Yalbury or Yell’ham II, Poems of the Past and the Present (1901); Exact wording and attribution checked. Complete final stanza; it refers to the comet in the title, contrasting astronomical recurrence with human mortality.
- The Comet at Yalbury or Yell’ham II, Poems of the Past and the Present (1901)
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