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UNDER THE WATERFALL (fragment)

And, as said, if I thrust my arm below
Cold water in a basin or bowl, a throe
From the past awakens a sense of that time,
And the glass we used, and the cascade's rhyme.
The basin seems the pool, and its edge
The hard smooth face of the brook-side ledge,

And the leafy pattern of china-ware
The hanging plants that were bathing there.

By night, by day, when it shines or lours,
There lies intact that chalice of ours,
And its presence adds to the rhyme of love
Persistently sung by the fall above.
No lip has touched it since his and mine
In turns therefrom sipped lovers' wine.

Novelista y poeta inglés de línea naturalista. English novelist and poet of the naturalist movement.
Nació en Higher Bockhampton en 1840. Thomas Hardy was born in Higher Bockhampton, 1840.
Estudió en centros de enseñanza de su región. He studied at different schools of the area.
Trabajó en arquitectura como ayudante en la restauración He trained as an architect, helping to rebuild old
de iglesias antiguas,mientras tanto, escribía poesía con churches, while he wrote poetry with little success.
poco éxito. He would later gain fame with his novels.
Se dedicó más tarde a la novela y alcanzó la fama. Hardy married in 1874 and his wife died in 1912; he
Se casó en 1874 enviudando en 1912 y se volvió a casar married again his secretary, Florence Dugdale.
con Florence Dugdale, su biógrafa. He died in Max Gate in 1928.
Murió en Max Gate en 1928. His poetry is full of archaisms, giving a dark and
En poesía utilizó un lenguaje lleno de arcaísmos, pessimist view of the world. Some of his best works of
108 aportando una visión del mundo sombría y pesimista. poetry are: Wessex Poems, Poems of the Past and the
De su obra poética destacan: Poemas de Wessex,
Present and Dynasts, which is considered the best.
Poemas del pasado y del presente y Dinastías, considerado
su mejor libro de poesía.