Title: Poems of the Past and the Present
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Title: Poems of the Past and the Present
Author: Thomas Hardy
Release Date: January 24, 2015 [eBook #3168]
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Language: English
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***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK POEMS OF THE PAST AND THE
PRESENT***
Transcribed from the 1919 Macmillan and Co. "Wessex Poems and Other
Verses; Poems of the Past and the Present" edition by David Price, email
ccx074@pglaf. org
[Picture: Book cover]
POEMS OF THE PAST
AND THE PRESENT
* * * * *
BY
THOMAS HARDY
* * * * *
* * * * *
* * * * *
MACMILLAN AND CO. , LIMITED
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON
1919
* * * * *
COPYRIGHT
"_Wessex Poems_": _First Edition_, _Crown_ 8vo, 1898. _New Edition_
1903.
_First Pocket Edition June_ 1907. _Reprinted January_ 1909, 1913
"_Poems_, _Past and Present_": _First edition_ 1901 (dated 1902)
_Second Edition_ 1903. _First Pocket Edition June_ 1907
_Reprinted January_ 1908, 1913, 1918, 1919
* * * * *
CONTENTS
PAGE
V.
Title: Poems of the Past and the Present
Author: Thomas Hardy
Release Date: January 24, 2015 [eBook #3168]
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Language: English
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***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK POEMS OF THE PAST AND THE
PRESENT***
Transcribed from the 1919 Macmillan and Co. "Wessex Poems and Other
Verses; Poems of the Past and the Present" edition by David Price, email
ccx074@pglaf. org
[Picture: Book cover]
POEMS OF THE PAST
AND THE PRESENT
* * * * *
BY
THOMAS HARDY
* * * * *
* * * * *
* * * * *
MACMILLAN AND CO. , LIMITED
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON
1919
* * * * *
COPYRIGHT
"_Wessex Poems_": _First Edition_, _Crown_ 8vo, 1898. _New Edition_
1903.
_First Pocket Edition June_ 1907. _Reprinted January_ 1909, 1913
"_Poems_, _Past and Present_": _First edition_ 1901 (dated 1902)
_Second Edition_ 1903. _First Pocket Edition June_ 1907
_Reprinted January_ 1908, 1913, 1918, 1919
* * * * *
CONTENTS
PAGE
V. R. 1819-1901 231
WAR POEMS--
EMBARCATION 235
DEPARTURE 237
THE COLONEL'S SOLILOQUY 239
THE GOING OF THE BATTERY 242
AT THE WAR OFFICE 245
A CHRISTMAS GHOST-STORY 247
THE DEAD DRUMMER 249
A WIFE IN LONDON 251
THE SOULS OF THE SLAIN 253
SONG OF THE SOLDIERS' WIVES 260
THE SICK GOD 263
POEMS OF PILGRIMAGE--
GENOA AND THE MEDITERRANEAN 269
SHELLEY'S SKYLARK 272
IN THE OLD THEATRE, FIESOLE 274
ROME: ON THE PALATINE 276
,, BUILDING A NEW STREET IN THE 278
ANCIENT QUARTER
,, THE VATICAN: SALA DELLE MUSE 280
,, AT THE PYRAMID OF CESTIUS 283
LAUSANNE: IN GIBBON'S OLD GARDEN 286
ZERMATT: TO THE MATTERHORN 288
THE BRIDGE OF LODI 290
ON AN INVITATION TO THE UNITED 295
STATES
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS--
THE MOTHER MOURNS 299
"I SAID TO LOVE" 305
A COMMONPLACE DAY 307
AT A LUNAR ECLIPSE 310
THE LACKING SENSE 312
TO LIFE 316
DOOM AND SHE 318
THE PROBLEM 321
THE SUBALTERNS 323
THE SLEEP-WORKER 325
THE BULLFINCHES 327
GOD-FORGOTTEN 329
THE BEDRIDDEN PEASANT TO AN 333
UNKNOWING GOD
BY THE EARTH'S CORPSE 336
MUTE OPINION 339
TO AN UNBORN PAUPER CHILD 341
TO FLOWERS FROM ITALY IN WINTER 344
ON A FINE MORNING 346
TO LIZBIE BROWNE 348
SONG OF HOPE 352
THE WELL-BELOVED 354
HER REPROACH 358
THE INCONSISTENT 360
A BROKEN APPOINTMENT 362
"BETWEEN US NOW" 364
"HOW GREAT MY GRIEF" 366
"I NEED NOT GO" 367
THE COQUETTE, AND AFTER 369
A SPOT 371
LONG PLIGHTED 373
THE WIDOW 375
AT A HASTY WEDDING 378
THE DREAM-FOLLOWER 379
HIS IMMORTALITY 380
THE TO-BE-FORGOTTEN 382
WIVES IN THE SERE 385
THE SUPERSEDED 387
AN AUGUST MIDNIGHT 389
THE CAGED THRUSH FREED AND HOME 391
AGAIN
BIRDS AT WINTER NIGHTFALL 393
THE PUZZLED GAME-BIRDS 394
WINTER IN DURNOVER FIELD 395
THE LAST CHRYSANTHEMUM 397
THE DARKLING THRUSH 399
THE COMET AT YALBURY OR YELL'HAM 402
MAD JUDY 403
A WASTED ILLNESS 405
A MAN 408
THE DAME OF ATHELHALL 412
THE SEASONS OF HER YEAR 416
THE MILKMAID 418
THE LEVELLED CHURCHYARD 420
THE RUINED MAID 422
THE RESPECTABLE BURGHER ON "THE 425
HIGHER CRITICISM"
ARCHITECTURAL MASKS 428
THE TENANT-FOR-LIFE 430
THE KING'S EXPERIMENT 432
THE TREE: AN OLD MAN'S STORY 435
HER LATE HUSBAND 439
THE SELF-UNSEEING 441
DE PROFUNDIS I. 443
DE PROFUNDIS II. 445
DE PROFUNDIS III. 448
THE CHURCH-BUILDER 451
THE LOST PYX: A MEDIAEVAL LEGEND 457
TESS'S LAMENT 462
THE SUPPLANTER: A TALE 465
IMITATIONS, ETC. --
SAPPHIC FRAGMENT 473
CATULLUS: XXXI 474
AFTER SCHILLER 476
SONG: FROM HEINE 477
FROM VICTOR HUGO 479
CARDINAL BEMBO'S EPITAPH ON RAPHAEL 480
RETROSPECT--
"I HAVE LIVED WITH SHADES" 483
MEMORY AND I 486
? ?
Hardy
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Title: Poems of the Past and the Present
Author: Thomas Hardy
Release Date: January 24, 2015 [eBook #3168]
[This file was first posted on January 30, 2001]
Language: English
Character set encoding: UTF-8
***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK POEMS OF THE PAST AND THE
PRESENT***
Transcribed from the 1919 Macmillan and Co. "Wessex Poems and Other
Verses; Poems of the Past and the Present" edition by David Price, email
ccx074@pglaf. org
[Picture: Book cover]
POEMS OF THE PAST
AND THE PRESENT
* * * * *
BY
THOMAS HARDY
* * * * *
* * * * *
* * * * *
MACMILLAN AND CO. , LIMITED
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON
1919
* * * * *
COPYRIGHT
"_Wessex Poems_": _First Edition_, _Crown_ 8vo, 1898. _New Edition_
1903.
_First Pocket Edition June_ 1907. _Reprinted January_ 1909, 1913
"_Poems_, _Past and Present_": _First edition_ 1901 (dated 1902)
_Second Edition_ 1903. _First Pocket Edition June_ 1907
_Reprinted January_ 1908, 1913, 1918, 1919
* * * * *
CONTENTS
PAGE
V.
Title: Poems of the Past and the Present
Author: Thomas Hardy
Release Date: January 24, 2015 [eBook #3168]
[This file was first posted on January 30, 2001]
Language: English
Character set encoding: UTF-8
***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK POEMS OF THE PAST AND THE
PRESENT***
Transcribed from the 1919 Macmillan and Co. "Wessex Poems and Other
Verses; Poems of the Past and the Present" edition by David Price, email
ccx074@pglaf. org
[Picture: Book cover]
POEMS OF THE PAST
AND THE PRESENT
* * * * *
BY
THOMAS HARDY
* * * * *
* * * * *
* * * * *
MACMILLAN AND CO. , LIMITED
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON
1919
* * * * *
COPYRIGHT
"_Wessex Poems_": _First Edition_, _Crown_ 8vo, 1898. _New Edition_
1903.
_First Pocket Edition June_ 1907. _Reprinted January_ 1909, 1913
"_Poems_, _Past and Present_": _First edition_ 1901 (dated 1902)
_Second Edition_ 1903. _First Pocket Edition June_ 1907
_Reprinted January_ 1908, 1913, 1918, 1919
* * * * *
CONTENTS
PAGE
V. R. 1819-1901 231
WAR POEMS--
EMBARCATION 235
DEPARTURE 237
THE COLONEL'S SOLILOQUY 239
THE GOING OF THE BATTERY 242
AT THE WAR OFFICE 245
A CHRISTMAS GHOST-STORY 247
THE DEAD DRUMMER 249
A WIFE IN LONDON 251
THE SOULS OF THE SLAIN 253
SONG OF THE SOLDIERS' WIVES 260
THE SICK GOD 263
POEMS OF PILGRIMAGE--
GENOA AND THE MEDITERRANEAN 269
SHELLEY'S SKYLARK 272
IN THE OLD THEATRE, FIESOLE 274
ROME: ON THE PALATINE 276
,, BUILDING A NEW STREET IN THE 278
ANCIENT QUARTER
,, THE VATICAN: SALA DELLE MUSE 280
,, AT THE PYRAMID OF CESTIUS 283
LAUSANNE: IN GIBBON'S OLD GARDEN 286
ZERMATT: TO THE MATTERHORN 288
THE BRIDGE OF LODI 290
ON AN INVITATION TO THE UNITED 295
STATES
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS--
THE MOTHER MOURNS 299
"I SAID TO LOVE" 305
A COMMONPLACE DAY 307
AT A LUNAR ECLIPSE 310
THE LACKING SENSE 312
TO LIFE 316
DOOM AND SHE 318
THE PROBLEM 321
THE SUBALTERNS 323
THE SLEEP-WORKER 325
THE BULLFINCHES 327
GOD-FORGOTTEN 329
THE BEDRIDDEN PEASANT TO AN 333
UNKNOWING GOD
BY THE EARTH'S CORPSE 336
MUTE OPINION 339
TO AN UNBORN PAUPER CHILD 341
TO FLOWERS FROM ITALY IN WINTER 344
ON A FINE MORNING 346
TO LIZBIE BROWNE 348
SONG OF HOPE 352
THE WELL-BELOVED 354
HER REPROACH 358
THE INCONSISTENT 360
A BROKEN APPOINTMENT 362
"BETWEEN US NOW" 364
"HOW GREAT MY GRIEF" 366
"I NEED NOT GO" 367
THE COQUETTE, AND AFTER 369
A SPOT 371
LONG PLIGHTED 373
THE WIDOW 375
AT A HASTY WEDDING 378
THE DREAM-FOLLOWER 379
HIS IMMORTALITY 380
THE TO-BE-FORGOTTEN 382
WIVES IN THE SERE 385
THE SUPERSEDED 387
AN AUGUST MIDNIGHT 389
THE CAGED THRUSH FREED AND HOME 391
AGAIN
BIRDS AT WINTER NIGHTFALL 393
THE PUZZLED GAME-BIRDS 394
WINTER IN DURNOVER FIELD 395
THE LAST CHRYSANTHEMUM 397
THE DARKLING THRUSH 399
THE COMET AT YALBURY OR YELL'HAM 402
MAD JUDY 403
A WASTED ILLNESS 405
A MAN 408
THE DAME OF ATHELHALL 412
THE SEASONS OF HER YEAR 416
THE MILKMAID 418
THE LEVELLED CHURCHYARD 420
THE RUINED MAID 422
THE RESPECTABLE BURGHER ON "THE 425
HIGHER CRITICISM"
ARCHITECTURAL MASKS 428
THE TENANT-FOR-LIFE 430
THE KING'S EXPERIMENT 432
THE TREE: AN OLD MAN'S STORY 435
HER LATE HUSBAND 439
THE SELF-UNSEEING 441
DE PROFUNDIS I. 443
DE PROFUNDIS II. 445
DE PROFUNDIS III. 448
THE CHURCH-BUILDER 451
THE LOST PYX: A MEDIAEVAL LEGEND 457
TESS'S LAMENT 462
THE SUPPLANTER: A TALE 465
IMITATIONS, ETC. --
SAPPHIC FRAGMENT 473
CATULLUS: XXXI 474
AFTER SCHILLER 476
SONG: FROM HEINE 477
FROM VICTOR HUGO 479
CARDINAL BEMBO'S EPITAPH ON RAPHAEL 480
RETROSPECT--
"I HAVE LIVED WITH SHADES" 483
MEMORY AND I 486
? ?
