I Look Into My Glass by Thomas Hardy
b'Hardy read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://classicpoetryaloud.podomatic.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to classic poetry.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------------\\n\\nI Look Into My Glass\\nby Thomas Hardy\\n\\nI look into my glass, \\nAnd view my wasting skin, \\nAnd say, "Would God it came to pass \\nMy heart had shrunk as thin!" \\n\\nFor then I, undistrest \\nBy hearts grown cold to me, \\nCould lonely wait my endless rest \\nWith equanimity. \\n\\n\\nBut Time, to make me grieve, \\nPart steals, lets part abide; \\nAnd shakes this fragile frame at eve \\nWith throbbings of noontide.'