The Roman Road
Thomas Hardy
1840 to 1928
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The Roman Road runs straight and bare
As the parting-line in hair
Across the heath. And thoughtful men
its days of Now and Then,
And delve, and measure, and compare;
Visioning on the vacant air
Helmeted legionnaires, proudly rear
The Eagle, as they pace again
The Road.
But no tall brass-helmeted legionnaire
Haunts it for me. Uprises there
A mother's form upon my ken,
Guiding infant steps, as when
We walked that ancient thoroughfare,
Roman Road.