Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses

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Author: Thomas Hardy

Paying Calls

I went by footpath and by stile
Beyond where bustle ends,
Strayed here a mile and there a mile
And called upon some friends.

On certain ones I had not seen
For years past did I call,
And then on others who had been
The oldest friends of all.

It was the time of midsummer
When they had used to roam;
But now, though tempting was the air,
I found them all at home.

I spoke to one and other of them
By mound and stone and tree
Of things we had done ere days were dim,
But they spoke not to me.

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Chicago: Thomas Hardy, "Paying Calls," Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses, ed. Keil, Heinrich, 1822-1894 and trans. Seaton, R. C. in Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses (New York: George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892), Original Sources, accessed April 25, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H5WTZFYBZKZVEV4.

MLA: Hardy, Thomas. "Paying Calls." Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses, edited by Keil, Heinrich, 1822-1894, and translated by Seaton, R. C., in Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses, New York, George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Original Sources. 25 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H5WTZFYBZKZVEV4.

Harvard: Hardy, T, 'Paying Calls' in Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses, ed. and trans. . cited in ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses, George E. Wood, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 25 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H5WTZFYBZKZVEV4.