The sky was clear — remarkably clear — and the twinkling of all the stars seemed to be but throbs of one body, timed by a common pulse. – Thomas Hardy
My argument is that War makes rattling good history but Peace is poor reading. – Thomas Hardy

The sky was clear — remarkably clear — and the twinkling of all the stars seemed to be but throbs of one body, timed by a common pulse. – Thomas Hardy
My argument is that War makes rattling good history but Peace is poor reading. – Thomas Hardy
Let me enjoy the earth no less
Because the all-enacting Might
That fashioned forth its loveliness
Had other aims than my delight. – Thomas Hardy
Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them. – Thomas Hardy