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The Masked Face (Thomas Hardy)

from Poetry and Music 10 by Toby Darling

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The Masked Face

By Thomas Hardy


Em G
I found me in a great surging space,
D Am
At either end a door,
Em G
And I said: "What is this giddying place,
A B7
With no firm-fixéd floor,
C G
That I knew not of before?"
F Am
"It is Life," said a mask-clad face.

Dm Am
I asked: "But how do I come here,
Dm Am
Who never wished to come;
Em - D - Am - Em
Can the light and air be made more clear,
Am D
The floor more quietsome,
Em D
And the doors set wide? They numb
C D
Fast-locked, and fill with fear."

The mask put on a bleak smile then,
And said, "O vassal-wight,
There once complained a goosequill pen
To the scribe of the Infinite
Of the words it had to write
Because they were past its ken."

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from Poetry and Music 10, released July 1, 2017

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