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