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Here you will find the Poem A Wife in London (December, 1899) of poet Thomas Hardy A Wife in London (December, 1899) I--The Tragedy She sits in the tawny vapour That the City lanes have uprolled, Behind whose webby fold on fold Like a waning taper The street-lamp glimmers cold. endobj <> A messenger's knock cracks smartly, 4 0 obj

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