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Collected poems of Thomas Hardy
With a portrait
Hardy, Thomas (1840-1928)
WESSEX POEMS
POEMS OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT
V. R. 1819–1901
WAR POEMS
POEMS OF PILGRIMAGE
GENOA AND THE MEDITERRANEAN
SHELLEY'S SKYLARK
IN THE OLD THEATRE, FIESOLE
ROME: ON THE PALATINE
ROME: BUILDING A NEW STREET IN THE ANCIENT QUARTER
ROME: THE VATICAN: SALA DELLE MUSE
ROME: AT THE PYRAMID OF CESTIUS NEAR THE GRAVES OF SHELLEY AND KEATS
LAUSANNE: IN GIBBON'S OLD GARDEN: 11–12 P. M.
ZERMATT TO THE MATTERHORN
THE BRIDGE OF LODI
ON AN INVITATION TO THE UNITED STATES
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS
IMITATIONS, ETC.
RETROSPECT
[TIME'S LAUGHING STOCKS AND OTHER VERSES.]
SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE LYRICS AND REVERIES
MOMENTS OF VISION
LATE LYRICS AND EARLIER
HUMAN SHOWS FAR PHANTASIES SONGS, AND TRIFLES
WINTER WORDS IN VARIOUS MOODS AND METRES
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Collected poems of Thomas Hardy
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A YOUNG MAN'S EPIGRAM ON EXISTENCE
A senseless
school, where we must give
Our lives that we may learn to live!
A dolt is he who memorizes
Lessons that leave no time for prizes.
16 W. P. V. 1866.
Collected poems of Thomas Hardy