English Poetry. Thomas Hardy. The New Toy. Томас Гарди (Харди).

Thomas Hardy (Томас Гарди (Харди))

The New Toy

She cannot leave it alone,
The new toy;
She pats it, smooths it, rights it, to show it’s her own,
As the other train-passengers muse on its temper and tone,
Till she draws from it cries of annoy: –
She feigns to appear as if thinking it nothing so rare
Or worthy of pride, to achieve
This wonder a child, though with reason the rest of them there
May so be inclined to believe.

Thomas Hardy’s other poems:

1. The Two Houses
2. The Weary Walker
3. The Pat of Butter
4. The Whaler’s Wife
5. Yuletide in a Younger World

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