Thomas Hardy

serpent hisses where the sweet birds sing,

every woman says some women may feel?"

did wrong—I admit it."

if the scene were getting rather oppressive to his heart, or to his conscience, or to his gentility.

leave their application to the hearts of the people who read 'em."

dangerous young females

have expected it to end like this! Why didn't ye think of doing some good for your family instead o' thinking

Why didn't you tell me there was danger in men-folk?

"in love with her own ruin,"

how strange and god-like was a composer's power,