The Roman Road
Thomas Hardy
1840 to 1928
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Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.
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The Roman Road runs straight and bare
Visioning on the vacant air
And delve, and measure, and compare;
Guiding my infant steps, as when
Contrast its days of Now and Then,
The Roman Road.
Haunts it for me. Uprises there
We walked that ancient thoroughfare,
The Roman Road.
Helmeted legionnaires, who proudly rear
But no tall brass-helmeted legionnaire
As the pale parting-line in hair
A mother's form upon my ken,
Across the heath. And thoughtful men
The Eagle, as they pace again