The Oxen
Thomas Hardy
1840 to 1928
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In these years! Yet, I feel,
"Come; see the oxen kneel,
We pictured the meek mild creatures where
To doubt they were kneeling then.
Nor did it occur to one of us there
"Now they are all on their knees,"
By the embers in hearthside ease.
Our childhood used to know,"
"In the lonely barton by yonder coomb
Hoping it might be so.
If someone said on Christmas Eve,
An elder said as we sat in a flock
So fair a fancy few would weave
Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock.
I should go with him in the gloom,
They dwelt in their strawy pen,