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And as the smart ship grew In stature, grace, and hue, In shadowy silent distance grew… — Thomas Hardy

Poem

And as the smart ship grew In stature, grace, and hue, In shadowy silent distance grew the Iceberg too.

Thomas Hardy
1912
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DisasterForeboding
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1912
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Thomas Hardy
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Current citation
Hardy, Thomas. "The Convergence of the Twain." Thomas Hardy: Selected Poems, edited by Robert Mezey. Penguin Classics, 1998, st. 8.
Original citation
Hardy, Thomas. "The Convergence of the Twain." Souvenir Programme for the Titanic Disaster Fund, 1912, st. 8.

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