He Never Expected Much
Thomas Hardy
1840 to 1928
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Well, World, you have kept faith with me,
______ faith with me;
Upon the whole you have ______ to be
Much as you said you were.
Since as a child I used to lie
______ the leaze and watch the sky,
Never, I own, expected I
That life would all be fair.
'Twas then you said, and since have said,
______ since have said,
In that mysterious voice you ______
From clouds and hills around:
"Many have ______ me desperately,
Many with smooth serenity,
While ______ have shown contempt of me
Till they dropped underground.
"I do not promise overmuch,
Child; overmuch;
Just neutral-tinted haps and such,
You said to ______ like mine.
Wise warning for your credit's sake!
Which I for one failed not to take,
______ hence could stem such strain and ache
As ______ year might assign.