Thomas Hardy - Yell'ham-wood's Story lyrics

Coomb-Firtrees say that Life is a moan,   And Clyffe-hill Clump says "Yea!" But Yell'ham says a thing of its own:    It's not "Gray, gray    Is Life alway!"    That Yell'ham says,   Nor that Life is for ends unknown. It says that Life would signify   A thwarted purposing: That we come to live, and are called to die,    Yes, that's the thing    In fall, in spring,    That Yell'ham says:-   "Life offers—to deny!"