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Collected poems of Thomas Hardy

With a portrait

Hardy, Thomas (1840-1928)

1 occurrence of A Drinking Song
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THE TEMPORARY THE ALL

“IN VISION I ROAMED”

A CONFESSION TO A FRIEND IN TROUBLE

SHE AT HIS FUNERAL

I.

II.

III.

SHE, TO HIM III

IV.

THE SERGEANT'S SONG

THE STRANGER'S SONG

THE PEASANT'S CONFESSION

HER DEATH AND AFTER

THE DANCE AT THE PHŒNIX

THE CASTERBRIDGE CAPTAINS

HER IMMORTALITY

A MEETING WITH DESPAIR

TO OUTER NATURE

THOUGHTS OF PHENA

MIDDLE-AGE ENTHUSIASMS

TO A LADY OFFENDED BY A BOOK OF THE WRITER'S

TO A MOTHERLESS CHILD

NATURE'S QUESTIONING

THE IMPERCIPIENT

THE SLOW NATURE

IN A EWELEAZE NEAR WEATHERBURY

THE BRIDE-NIGHT FIRE

HEIRESS AND ARCHITECT

LINES Spoken by Miss Ada Rehan at the Lyceum Theatre, July 23, 1890, at a performance on behalf of Lady Jeune's Holiday Fund for City Children.

“I LOOK INTO MY GLASS”

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POEMS OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT

V. R. 1819–1901

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THE COLONEL'S SOLILOQUY

THE GOING OF THE BATTERY

AT THE WAR OFFICE, LONDON

A CHRISTMAS GHOST-STORY

A WIFE IN LONDON

THE SOULS OF THE SLAIN

SONG OF THE SOLDIERS' WIVES AND SWEETHEARTS

THE SICK BATTLE-GOD

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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

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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS

THE MOTHER MOURNS

“I SAID TO LOVE”

A COMMONPLACE DAY

AT A LUNAR ECLIPSE

THE LACKING SENSE

THE SLEEP-WORKER

THE BULLFINCHES

THE BEDRIDDEN PEASANT

BY THE EARTH'S CORPSE

TO AN UNBORN PAUPER CHILD

TO FLOWERS FROM ITALY IN WINTER

ON A FINE MORNING

TO LIZBIE BROWNE

THE WELL-BELOVED

THE INCONSISTENT

A BROKEN APPOINTMENT

“BETWEEN US NOW”

“HOW GREAT MY GRIEF”

“I NEED NOT GO”

THE COQUETTE, AND AFTER

THE WIDOW BETROTHED

AT A HASTY WEDDING

THE DREAM-FOLLOWER

HIS IMMORTALITY

THE TO-BE-FORGOTTEN

WIVES IN THE SERE

AN AUGUST MIDNIGHT

THE CAGED THRUSH FREED AND HOME AGAIN

BIRDS AT WINTER NIGHTFALL

THE PUZZLED GAME-BIRDS

WINTER IN DURNOVER FIELD

THE LAST CHRYSANTHEMUM

THE DARKLING THRUSH

THE COMET AT YELL'HAM

A WASTED ILLNESS

THE DAME OF ATHELHALL

THE SEASONS OF HER YEAR

THE LEVELLED CHURCHYARD

THE RUINED MAID

THE RESPECTABLE BURGHER

ARCHITECTURAL MASKS

THE TENANT-FOR-LIFE

THE KING'S EXPERIMENT

HER LATE HUSBAND

THE SELF-UNSEEING

I.

II.

III.

IN TENEBRIS III

THE CHURCH-BUILDER

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IMITATIONS, ETC.

SAPPHIC FRAGMENT

SONG FROM HEINE

FROM VICTOR HUGO

CARDINAL BEMBO'S EPITAPH ON RAPHAEL

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“I HAVE LIVED WITH SHADES”

ΑΓΝΩΣΤΕι ΘΕΩι.

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[TIME'S LAUGHING STOCKS AND OTHER VERSES.]

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TIME'S LAUGHINGSTOCKS

THE REVISITATION

A TRAMPWOMAN'S TRAGEDY

THE TWO ROSALINDS

A SUNDAY MORNING TRAGEDY

THE HOUSE OF HOSPITALITIES

THE CURATE'S KINDNESS

THE FLIRT'S TRAGEDY

THE REJECTED MEMBER'S WIFE

THE FARM-WOMAN'S WINTER

AUTUMN IN KING'S HINTOCK PARK

SHUT OUT THAT MOON

REMINISCENCES OF A DANCING MAN

THE DEAD MAN WALKING

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MORE LOVE LYRICS

ON THE DEPARTURE PLATFORM

IN A CATHEDRAL CITY

“I SAY I'LL SEEK HER”

FOUR FOOTPRINTS

IN THE VAULTED WAY

IN THE MIND'S EYE

THE END OF THE EPISODE

“IN THE NIGHT SHE CAME”

THE DAWN AFTER THE DANCE

THE SUN ON THE LETTER

THE NIGHT OF THE DANCE

THE VOICE OF THE THORN

FROM HER IN THE COUNTRY

TO AN IMPERSONATOR OF ROSALIND

THE MINUTE BEFORE MEETING

HE ABJURES LOVE

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A SET OF COUNTRY SONGS

AT CASTERBRIDGE FAIR

THE DARK-EYED GENTLEMAN

TO CARREY CLAVEL

THE ORPHANED OLD MAID

THE SPRING CALL

NEWS FOR HER MOTHER

THE HUSBAND'S VIEW

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PIECES OCCASIONAL AND VARIOUS

A CHURCH ROMANCE

THE CHRISTENING

A DREAM QUESTION

A WIFE AND ANOTHER

THE VAMPIRINE FAIR

NIGHT IN THE OLD HOME

AFTER THE LAST BREATH

THE PINE PLANTERS

SHE HEARS THE STORM

BEFORE LIFE AND AFTER

GOD'S EDUCATION

THE MAN HE KILLED

GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE

ONE RALPH BLOSSOM SOLILOQUIZES

THE NOBLE LADY'S TALE

WAGTAIL AND BABY

GEORGE MEREDITH

YELL'HAM-WOOD'S STORY

A YOUNG MAN'S EPIGRAM ON EXISTENCE

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SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE LYRICS AND REVERIES

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LYRICS AND REVERIES

IN FRONT OF THE LANDSCAPE

THE CONVERGENCE OF THE TWAIN

THE GHOST OF THE PAST

AFTER THE VISIT

TO MEET, OR OTHERWISE

THE SUN ON THE BOOKCASE

“WHEN I SET OUT FOR LYONNESSE”

A THUNDERSTORM IN TOWN

THE TORN LETTER

BEYOND THE LAST LAMP

THE FACE AT THE CASEMENT

“MY SPIRIT WILL NOT HAUNT THE MOUND”

IN DEATH DIVIDED

THE PLACE ON THE MAP

THE SCHRECKHORN

A SINGER ASLEEP

A PLAINT TO MAN

SPECTRES THAT GRIEVE

“AH, ARE YOU DIGGING ON MY GRAVE?”

SELF-UNCONSCIOUS

BEFORE AND AFTER SUMMER

AT DAY-CLOSE IN NOVEMBER

THE YEAR'S AWAKENING

UNDER THE WATERFALL

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POEMS OF 1912–13

YOUR LAST DRIVE

RAIN ON A GRAVE

“I FOUND HER OUT THERE”

WITHOUT CEREMONY

AFTER A JOURNEY

A DEATH-DAY RECALLED

AT CASTLE BOTEREL

THE PHANTOM HORSEWOMAN

THE SPELL OF THE ROSE

ST. LAUNCE'S REVISITED

WHERE THE PICNIC WAS

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MISCELLANEOUS PIECES

THE WISTFUL LADY

THE WOMAN IN THE RYE

THE CHEVAL-GLASS

THE RE-ENACTMENT

“SHE CHARGED ME”

THE NEWCOMER'S WIFE

A CONVERSATION AT DAWN

A KING'S SOLILOQUY

SEVENTY-FOUR AND TWENTY

“I ROSE UP AS MY CUSTOM IS”

BEREFT, SHE THINKS SHE DREAMS

IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM

IN THE SERVANTS' QUARTERS

THE OBLITERATE TOMB

“REGRET NOT ME”

THE RECALCITRANTS

STARLINGS ON THE ROOF

THE MOON LOOKS IN

THE SWEET HUSSY

THE MOTH-SIGNAL

SEEN BY THE WAITS

THE TWO SOLDIERS

THE DEATH OF REGRET

IN THE DAYS OF CRINOLINE

THE ROMAN GRAVEMOUNDS

THE ABBEY MASON

THE JUBILEE OF A MAGAZINE

THE SATIN SHOES

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SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE

I.

II.

III.

III BY HER AUNT'S GRAVE

IV.

IV IN THE ROOM OF THE BRIDE-ELECT

V.

V AT A WATERING-PLACE

VI.

VI IN THE CEMETERY

VII.

VII OUTSIDE THE WINDOW

VIII.

VIII IN THE STUDY

IX.

IX AT THE ALTAR-RAIL

X.

X IN THE NUPTIAL CHAMBER

XI.

XI IN THE RESTAURANT

XII.

XII AT THE DRAPER'S

XIII.

XIII ON THE DEATH-BED

XIV.

XIV OVER THE COFFIN

XV.

XV IN THE MOONLIGHT

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MOMENTS OF VISION

MOMENTS OF VISION

THE VOICE OF THINGS

“WHY BE AT PAINS?”

“WE SAT AT THE WINDOW”

AFTERNOON SERVICE AT MELLSTOCK

AT THE WICKET-GATE

APOSTROPHE TO AN OLD PSALM TUNE

AT THE WORD “FAREWELL”

FIRST SIGHT OF HER AND AFTER

“YOU WERE THE SORT THAT MEN FORGET”

SHE, I, AND THEY

NEAR LANIVET, 1872

COPYING ARCHITECTURE IN AN OLD MINSTER

ON A MIDSUMMER EVE

BEFORE KNOWLEDGE

THE BLINDED BIRD

“THE WIND BLEW WORDS”

AT MAYFAIR LODGINGS

TO MY FATHER'S VIOLIN

THE STATUE OF LIBERTY

THE BACKGROUND AND THE FIGURE

SITTING ON THE BRIDGE

THE YOUNG CHURCHWARDEN

“I TRAVEL AS A PHANTOM NOW”

LINES TO A MOVEMENT IN MOZART'S E-FLAT SYMPHONY

“IN THE SEVENTIES”

WHERE THEY LIVED

THE OCCULTATION

LIFE LAUGHS ONWARD

THE PEACE-OFFERING

“SOMETHING TAPPED”

A MERRYMAKING IN QUESTION

“I SAID AND SANG HER EXCELLENCE”

A JANUARY NIGHT

THE ANNOUNCEMENT

“BY THE RUNIC STONE”

TRANSFORMATIONS

IN HER PRECINCTS

THE LAST SIGNAL

THE HOUSE OF SILENCE

THE FIGURE IN THE SCENE

“WHY DID I SKETCH”

LOVE THE MONOPOLIST

AT MIDDLE-FIELD GATE IN FEBRUARY

THE YOUTH WHO CARRIED A LIGHT

THE HEAD ABOVE THE FOG

OVERLOOKING THE RIVER STOUR

THE MUSICAL BOX

ON STURMINSTER FOOT-BRIDGE

A THOUGHT IN TWO MOODS

THE LAST PERFORMANCE

“YOU ON THE TOWER”

LOGS ON THE HEARTH

THE AGEING HOUSE

THE CAGED GOLDFINCH

AT MADAME TUSSAUD'S IN VICTORIAN YEARS

THE FIVE STUDENTS

THE WIND'S PROPHECY

DURING WIND AND RAIN

HE PREFERS HER EARTHLY

A BACKWARD SPRING

AT A SEASIDE TOWN IN 1869

“WHO'S IN THE NEXT ROOM?”

AT A COUNTRY FAIR

THE MEMORIAL BRASS: 186*

THE UPPER BIRCH-LEAVES

“IT NEVER LOOKS LIKE SUMMER”

EVERYTHING COMES

THE MAN WITH A PAST

HE FEARS HIS GOOD FORTUNE

HE WONDERS ABOUT HIMSELF

HE REVISITS HIS FIRST SCHOOL

“I THOUGHT, MY HEART”

MIDNIGHT ON THE GREAT WESTERN

HONEYMOON TIME AT AN INN

“I ROSE AND WENT TO ROU'TOR TOWN”

IN A WAITING-ROOM

THE CLOCK-WINDER

THE MASKED FACE

IN A WHISPERING GALLERY

THE SOMETHING THAT SAVED HIM

THE ENEMY'S PORTRAIT

ON THE DOORSTEP

SIGNS AND TOKENS

PATHS OF FORMER TIME

THE CLOCK OF THE YEARS

THE SHADOW ON THE STONE

THE TREE AND THE LADY

THE YOUNG GLASS-STAINER

LOOKING AT A PICTURE ON AN ANNIVERSARY

THE CHOIRMASTER'S BURIAL

THE MAN WHO FORGOT

WHILE DRAWING IN A CHURCHYARD

“FOR LIFE I HAD NEVER CARED GREATLY”

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POEMS OF WAR AND PATRIOTISM

“MEN WHO MARCH AWAY”

ENGLAND TO GERMANY IN 1914

ON THE BELGIAN EXPATRIATION

AN APPEAL TO AMERICA ON BEHALF OF THE BELGIAN DESTITUTE

IN TIME OF WARS AND TUMULTS

IN TIME OF “THE BREAKING OF NATIONS”

CRY OF THE HOMELESS

BEFORE MARCHING AND AFTER

“OFTEN WHEN WARRING”

A CALL TO NATIONAL SERVICE

THE DEAD AND THE LIVING ONE

A NEW YEAR'S EVE IN WAR TIME

“I MET A MAN”

“I LOOKED UP FROM MY WRITING”

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THE COMING OF THE END

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LATE LYRICS AND EARLIER

THE MAID OF KEINTON MANDEVILLE

FAINTHEART IN A RAILWAY TRAIN

AT MOONRISE AND ONWARDS

THE GARDEN SEAT

BARTHÉLÉMON AT VAUXHALL

“I SOMETIMES THINK”

A JOG-TROT PAIR

“THE CURTAINS NOW ARE DRAWN”

“ACCORDING TO THE MIGHTY WORKING”

“I WAS NOT HE”

THE WEST-OF-WESSEX GIRL

GOING AND STAYING

READ BY MOONLIGHT

AT A HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD

A WOMAN'S FANCY

THE DISSEMBLERS

TO A LADY PLAYING AND SINGING IN THE MORNING

“A MAN WAS DRAWING NEAR TO ME”

THE STRANGE HOUSE

“AS 'TWERE TO-NIGHT”

THE CONTRETEMPS

A GENTLEMAN'S EPITAPH ON HIMSELF AND A LADY, WHO WERE BURIED TOGETHER

A NIGHT IN NOVEMBER

A DUETTIST TO HER PIANOFORTE

“WHERE THREE ROADS JOINED”

“AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM”

HAUNTING FINGERS

THE WOMAN I MET

“IF IT'S EVER SPRING AGAIN”

ON STINSFORD HILL AT MIDNIGHT

THE FALLOW DEER AT THE LONELY HOUSE

THE SELFSAME SONG

A WIFE COMES BACK

A YOUNG MAN'S EXHORTATION

AT LULWORTH COVE A CENTURY BACK

A BYGONE OCCASION

THE WEDDING MORNING

END OF THE YEAR 1912

THE CHIMES PLAY “LIFE'S A BUMPER!”

“I WORKED NO WILE TO MEET YOU”

AT THE RAILWAY STATION, UPWAY

DREAM OF THE CITY SHOPWOMAN

A MAIDEN'S PLEDGE

THE CHILD AND THE SAGE

AN AUTUMN RAIN-SCENE

MEDITATIONS ON A HOLIDAY

THE COLLECTOR CLEANS HIS PICTURE

SAYING GOOD-BYE

ON THE TUNE CALLED THE OLD-HUNDRED AND-FOURTH

THE OPPORTUNITY

EVELYN G. OF CHRISTMINSTER

VOICES FROM THINGS GROWING IN A CHURCHYARD

“SHE DID NOT TURN”

THE CHILDREN AND SIR NAMELESS

AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY

A TWO-YEARS' IDYLL

BY HENSTRIDGE CROSS AT THE YEAR'S END

“I LOOK IN HER FACE”

“IF YOU HAD KNOWN”

THE CHAPEL-ORGANIST

“COULD I BUT WILL”

SHE REVISITS ALONE THE CHURCH OF HER MARRIAGE

AT THE ENTERING OF THE NEW YEAR

THEY WOULD NOT COME

AFTER A ROMANTIC DAY

“I KNEW A LADY”

A HOUSE WITH A HISTORY

A PROCESSION OF DEAD DAYS

HE FOLLOWS HIMSELF

THE SINGING WOMAN

WITHOUT, NOT WITHIN HER

“O I WON'T LEAD A HOMELY LIFE”

IN THE SMALL HOURS

THE LITTLE OLD TABLE

THE DREAM IS—WHICH?

THE COUNTRY WEDDING

“WHAT DID IT MEAN?”

AT THE DINNER-TABLE

THE MARBLE TABLET

THE MASTER AND THE LEAVES

LAST WORDS TO A DUMB FRIEND

A DRIZZLING EASTER MORNING

ON ONE WHO LIVED AND DIED WHERE HE WAS BORN

THE SECOND NIGHT

SHE WHO SAW NOT

THE OLD WORKMAN

THE SAILOR'S MOTHER

OUTSIDE THE CASEMENT

“I WAS THE MIDMOST”

A SOUND IN THE NIGHT

ON A DISCOVERED CURL OF HAIR

AN OLD LIKENESS

“SACRED TO THE MEMORY”

TO A WELL-NAMED DWELLING

A MILITARY APPOINTMENT

THE MILESTONE BY THE RABBIT-BURROW

THE LAMENT OF THE LOOKING-GLASS

THE OLD NEIGHBOUR AND THE NEW

THE INSCRIPTION

THE MARBLE-STREETED TOWN

A WOMAN DRIVING

A WOMAN'S TRUST

THE CASUAL ACQUAINTANCE

INTRA SEPULCHRUM

THE WHITEWASHED WALL

THE SEVEN TIMES

THE SUN'S LAST LOOK ON THE COUNTRY GIRL

IN A LONDON FLAT

DRAWING DETAILS IN AN OLD CHURCH

RAKE-HELL MUSES

MURMURS IN THE GLOOM

AN ANCIENT TO ANCIENTS

AFTER READING PSALMS XXXIX., XL., ETC.

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HUMAN SHOWS FAR PHANTASIES SONGS, AND TRIFLES

A BIRD-SCENE AT A RURAL DWELLING

“ANY LITTLE OLD SONG”

IN A FORMER RESORT AFTER MANY YEARS

A CATHEDRAL FAÇADE AT MIDNIGHT

THE TURNIP-HOER

LOVER TO MISTRESS

THE MONUMENT-MAKER

CIRCUS-RIDER TO RINGMASTER

LAST WEEK IN OCTOBER

COME NOT; YET COME!

THE LATER AUTUMN

“LET ME BELIEVE”

AT A FASHIONABLE DINNER

AN EAST-END CURATE

FOUR IN THE MORNING

ON THE ESPLANADE

IN ST. PAUL'S A WHILE AGO

COMING UP OXFORD STREET: EVENING

THE MONTH'S CALENDAR

A SPELLBOUND PALACE

TEN YEARS SINCE

EVERY ARTEMISIA

THE BEST SHE COULD

THE GRAVEYARD OF DEAD CREEDS

“THERE SEEMED A STRANGENESS”

A NIGHT OF QUESTIONINGS

XENOPHANES, THE MONIST OF COLOPHON

LIFE AND DEATH AT SUNRISE

NIGHT-TIME IN MID-FALL

SNOW IN THE SUBURBS

A LIGHT SNOW-FALL AFTER FROST

WINTER NIGHT IN WOODLAND

ICE ON THE HIGHWAY

MUSIC IN A SNOWY STREET

THE FROZEN GREENHOUSE

ONE WHO MARRIED ABOVE HIM

QUEEN CAROLINE TO HER GUESTS

THE WEARY WALKER

AT WYNYARD'S GAP

AT SHAG'S HEATH

A SECOND ATTEMPT

“FREED THE FRET OF THINKING”

THE ABSOLUTE EXPLAINS

THE FAITHFUL SWALLOW

IN SHERBORNE ABBEY

THE PAIR HE SAW PASS

THE FIGHT ON DURNOVER MOOR

LAST LOOK ROUND ST. MARTIN'S FAIR

A LEADER OF FASHION

MIDNIGHT ON BEECHEN, 187*

THE FADING ROSE

WHEN OATS WERE REAPED

“SHE OPENED THE DOOR”

“WHAT'S THERE TO TELL?”

THE HARBOUR BRIDGE

FARMER DUNMAN'S FUNERAL

THE SEXTON AT LONGPUDDLE

THE HARVEST-SUPPER

AT A PAUSE IN A COUNTRY DANCE

ON THE PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN ABOUT TO BE HANGED

THE CHURCH AND THE WEDDING

“NOT ONLY I”

SHE SAW HIM, SHE SAID

ONCE AT SWANAGE

THE FLOWER'S TRAGEDY

AT THE AQUATIC SPORTS

A WATCHER'S REGRET

THE HISTORY OF AN HOUR

THE MISSED TRAIN

UNDER HIGH-STOY HILL

ALIKE AND UNLIKE

THE THING UNPLANNED

A POOR MAN AND A LADY

AN EXPOSTULATION

THE ECHO-ELF ANSWERS

CYNIC'S EPITAPH

A BEAUTY'S SOLILOQUY DURING HER HONEYMOON

HE INADVERTENTLY CURES HIS LOVE-PAINS

A POPULAR PERSONAGE AT HOME

INSCRIPTIONS FOR A PEAL OF EIGHT BELLS

EPITAPH ON A PESSIMIST

THE PROTEAN MAIDEN

A WATERING-PLACE LADY INVENTORIED

THE ROVER COME HOME

“KNOWN HAD I”

THE PAT OF BUTTER

THE SUNDIAL ON A WET DAY

HER HAUNTING-GROUND

A PARTING-SCENE

SHORTENING DAYS AT THE HOMESTEAD

DAYS TO RECOLLECT

THE HIGH-SCHOOL LAWN

THE FORBIDDEN BANNS

THE PAPHIAN BALL

ON MARTOCK MOOR

THIS SUMMER AND LAST

“NOTHING MATTERS MUCH”

BEFORE MY FRIEND ARRIVED

“WHY SHE MOVED HOUSE”

TRAGEDIAN TO TRAGEDIENNE

THE LADY OF FOREBODINGS

THE BIRD-CATCHER'S BOY

A HURRIED MEETING

SONG TO AN OLD BURDEN

“WHY DO I?”

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WINTER WORDS IN VARIOUS MOODS AND METRES

THE NEW DAWN'S BUSINESS

PROUD SONGSTERS

THOUGHTS AT MIDNIGHT

“I AM THE ONE”

A WISH FOR UNCONSCIOUSNESS

THE BAD EXAMPLE

TO LOUISA IN THE LANE

LOVE WATCHES A WINDOW

THE LOVE-LETTERS

AN UNKINDLY MAY

UNKEPT GOOD FRIDAYS

LIDDELL AND SCOTT

RELUCTANT CONFESSION

EXPECTATION AND EXPERIENCE

ARISTODEMUS THE MESSENIAN

EVENING SHADOWS

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THE THREE TALL MEN

1.

The First Tapping

2.

The Second Tapping

3.

The Third Tapping

THE LODGING-HOUSE FUCHSIAS

THE WHALER'S WIFE

THROWING A TREE

THE WAR-WIFE OF CATKNOLL

CONCERNING HIS OLD HOME

HER SECOND HUSBAND HEARS HER STORY

YULETIDE IN A YOUNGER WORLD

AFTER THE DEATH OF A FRIEND

THE SON'S PORTRAIT

THE LADY IN THE FURS

CHILDHOOD AMONG THE FERNS

A POET'S THOUGHT

“I WATCHED A BLACKBIRD”

A NIGHTMARE, AND THE NEXT THING

TO A TREE IN LONDON

THE FELLED ELM AND SHE

HE DID NOT KNOW ME

A SELF-GLAMOURER

THE DEAD BASTARD

THE CLASPED SKELETONS

AFTER THE BURIAL

CONCERNING AGNES

AN EVENING IN GALILEE

A PRACTICAL WOMAN

“A GENTLEMAN'S SECOND-HAND SUIT”

“WE SAY WE SHALL NOT MEET”

SEEING THE MOON RISE

HE NEVER EXPECTED MUCH

STANDING BY THE MANTELPIECE

BOYS THEN AND NOW

THAT KISS IN THE DARK

A NECESSITARIAN'S EPITAPH

BURNING THE HOLLY

THE SECOND VISIT

OUR OLD FRIEND DUALISM

FAITHFUL WILSON

A PHILOSOPHICAL FANTASY

A QUESTION OF MARRIAGE

THE LETTER'S TRIUMPH

A FORGOTTEN MINIATURE

WHISPERED AT THE CHURCH-OPENING

IN WEATHERBURY STOCKS

A PLACID MAN'S EPITAPH

THE MUSING MAIDEN

LORNA THE SECOND

A DAUGHTER RETURNS

THE THIRD KISSING-GATE

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THE TARRYING BRIDEGROOM

THE DESTINED PAIR

A MUSICAL INCIDENT

JUNE LEAVES AND AUTUMN

NO BELL-RINGING

“I LOOKED BACK”

THE AGED NEWSPAPER SOLILOQUIZES

CHRISTMAS: 1924

THE SINGLE WITNESS

HOW SHE WENT TO IRELAND

DEAD “WESSEX” THE DOG TO THE HOUSEHOLD

THE WOMAN WHO WENT EAST

THE BOY'S DREAM

THE GAP IN THE WHITE

FAMILY PORTRAITS

THE CATCHING BALLET OF THE WEDDING CLOTHES

A WINSOME WOMAN

THE BALLAD OF LOVE'S SKELETON

A PRIVATE MAN ON PUBLIC MEN

CHRISTMAS IN THE ELGIN ROOM

“WE ARE GETTING TO THE END”

HE RESOLVES TO SAY NO MORE

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EPITAPH ON A PESSIMIST

I'm Smith of Stoke, aged sixty-odd,
I've lived without a dame
From youth-time on; and would to God
My dad had done the same.

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From the French and Greek.