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“The Darkling Thrush”
An artist interprets Thomas Hardy’s famous poem, written on New Year's Eve, 1900.
By Julian Peters
December 31, 2023
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This poetry comic is excerpted from Poems to See By (Plough, 2020).
Thomas Hardy, “The Darkling Thrush,” from Poems of the Past and the Present (London and New York: Harper, 1902).
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Simon Mercer
“Darkling thrush “ , now there’s poem with a point to it . How often we stumble around , half alive , and a wild bird or a leaping stag reminds us that life is made to be care-free . “Consider the lilies”.