by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)

Language: English 
I am the family face; 
Flesh perishes, I live on, 
Projecting trait and trace
Through time to times anon, 
And leaping from place to place
Over oblivion. 

The years-heired feature that can
In curve and voice and eye
Despise the human span
Of durance - that is I; 
The eternal thing in man, 
That heeds no call to die.

Composition:

    Set to music by Roy Buckle (b. 1926), "Heredity", published 2000

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This text was added to the website: 2006-10-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 58