Thomas Hardy (Томас Гарди (Харди))
To C.F.H.
On Her Christening-Day Fair Caroline, I wonder what You think of earth as a dwelling-spot, And if you’d rather have come, or not? To-day has laid on you a name That, though unasked for, you will claim Lifelong, for love or praise or blame. May chance and change impose on you No heavier burthen than this new Care-chosen one your future through! Dear stranger here, the prayer is mine That your experience may combine Good things with glad. . . . Yes, Caroline!
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