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Quotes from The Dynasts — Thomas Hardy

1840–1928 England

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My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

The Dynasts (1904)

Why doth IT so and so, and ever so,
This viewless,
voiceless Turner of the Wheel?

The Dynasts (1904)

It works unconsciously, as heretofore,
Eternal artistries in Circumstance.

The Dynasts (1904)

Ere systemed suns were globed and lit
The slaughters of the race were writ.

The Dynasts (1904)

What of the Immanent Will and its designs?
It works unconsciously as heretofore,
External artistries in circumstance.

The Dynasts (1904)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Thomas Hardy (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.