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The daily poem

Tuesday 01 June 1993 23:02 BST
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For copyright reasons we are not able to provide the full text of the poem on this database. Following are the details of the publication in which it appears.

Afterwards

By Thomas Hardy

Today is Thomas Hardy's birthday. He was born on 2 June 1840. 'Afterwards' is from Moments of Vision (1917).

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