Thomas Hardy

Hardy was a Victorian fiction novelist as well as a poet. After Hardy wrote the book Jude the Obscure and got shocking reviews and the Bishop of Wakefield burned the book, Hardy did not write books anymore he began to only write poetry.

On the Depature Platform, was about a young man watching the woman he loved leave. He was sad to see her go although he would see her again.

We have penned new plans since tht fair fond day,
And in season she will appear again
Perhaps in the same soft white array
But never as then!

It is almost as if he is talking about nature, in season she will appear again but will not look as good as it does now. Sometimes we see things the first time and they appear breathtaking, great, and wonderful. But, when we see them again they are still beautiful but not as beautiful as when we first saw them. The same goes for relationships you always remember that first date you have with the person you are in a relationship, you have other dates but nothing compares to the first date. I guess that is just the way life is.