Shut Out that Moon
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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To view the Lady's Chair,
On a white stone were hewn.
Before our lutes were strewn
And wake the same sweet sentiments
Let dingy details crudely loom,
Too tart the fruit it brought!
Prison my eyes and thought;
She wears too much the guise she wore
They breathed to you and me
When faded ones were fair.
Within the common lamp-lit room
Too fragrant was Life's early bloom,
With years-deep dust, and names we read
That come forth lingeringly,
Stay in; to such sights we were drawn
Mechanic speech be wrought:
Brush not the bough for midnight scents
When living seemed a laugh, and love
Close up the casement, draw the blind,
Shut out that stealing moon,
All it was said to be.
Immense Orion's glittering form,
Step not out on the dew-dashed lawn
The Less and Greater Bear: