Sapphic Fragment

Name: Poems of the Past and the Present - Sapphic Fragment
Author: Thomas Hardy

"Thou shalt be—Nothing."—OMAR KHAYYAM.
"Tombless, with no remembrance."—W. SHAKESPEARE.

Dead shalt thou lie; and nought
Be told of thee or thought,
For thou hast plucked not of the Muses’ tree:
And even in Hades’ halls
Amidst thy fellow-thralls
No friendly shade thy shade shall company!

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Chicago: Thomas Hardy, "Sapphic Fragment," Poems of the Past and the Present, ed. Keil, Heinrich, 1822-1894 and trans. Seaton, R. C. in Poems of the Past and the Present (New York: George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892), Original Sources, accessed November 3, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CTWG3YBPVY83G9V.

MLA: Hardy, Thomas. "Sapphic Fragment." Poems of the Past and the Present, edited by Keil, Heinrich, 1822-1894, and translated by Seaton, R. C., in Poems of the Past and the Present, New York, George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Original Sources. 3 Nov. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CTWG3YBPVY83G9V.

Harvard: Hardy, T, 'Sapphic Fragment' in Poems of the Past and the Present, ed. and trans. . cited in ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Poems of the Past and the Present, George E. Wood, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 3 November 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CTWG3YBPVY83G9V.