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POEMS OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT
By Thomas Hardy
Contents:
V.R. 1819-1901?WAR POEMS -
EMBARCATION?DEPARTURE?THE COLONEL'S SOLILOQUY?THE GOING OF THE BATTERY?AT THE WAR OFFICE, LONDON?A CHRISTMAS GHOST-STORY?THE DEAD DRUMMER?A WIFE IN LONDON?THE SOULS OF THE SLAIN?SONG OF THE SOLDIERS' WIVES?THE SICK GOD?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?LAUSANNE: IN GIBBON'S OLD GARDEN?ZERMATT: TO THE MATTERHORN?THE BRIDGE OF LODI?ON AN INVITATION TO THE UNITED STATES?THE MOTHER MOURNS?"I SAID TO LOVE"?A COMMONPLACE DAY?AT A LUNAR ECLIPSE?THE LACKING SENSE?TO LIFE?DOOM AND SHE?THE PROBLEM?THE SUBALTERNS?THE SLEEP-WORKER?THE BULLFINCHES?GOD-FORGOTTEN?THE BEDRIDDEN PEASANT TO AN UNKNOWING GOD?BY THE EARTH'S CORPSE?MUTE OPINION?TO AN UNBORN PAUPER CHILD?TO FLOWERS FROM ITALY IN WINTER?ON A FINE MORNING?TO LIZBIE BROWNE?SONG OF HOPE?THE WELL-BELOVED?HER REPROACH?THE INCONSISTENT?A BROKEN APPOINTMENT?"BETWEEN US NOW"?"HOW GREAT MY GRIEF"?"I NEED NOT GO"?THE COQUETTE, AND AFTER?A SPOT?LONG PLIGHTED?THE WIDOW?AT A HASTY WEDDING?THE DREAM-FOLLOWER?HIS IMMORTALITY?THE TO-BE-FORGOTTEN?WIVES IN THE SERE?THE SUPERSEDED?AN AUGUST MIDNIGHT?THE CAGED THRUSH FREED AND HOME AGAIN?BIRDS AT WINTER NIGHTFALL?THE PUZZLED GAME-BIRDS?WINTER IN DURNOVER FIELD?THE LAST CHRYSANTHEMUM?THE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 YALBURY OR YELL'HAM?MAD JUDY?A WASTED ILLNESS?A MAN?THE DAME OF ATHELHALL?THE SEASONS OF HER YEAR?THE MILKMAID?THE LEVELLED CHURCHYARD?THE RUINED MAID?THE RESPECTABLE BURGHER ON "THE HIGHER CRITICISM"?ARCHITECTURAL MASKS?THE TENANT-FOR-LIFE?THE KING'S EXPERIMENT?THE TREE: AN OLD MAN'S STORY?HER LATE HUSBAND?THE SELF-UNSEEING?DE PROFUNDIS I.?DE PROFUNDIS II.?DE PROFUNDIS III.?THE CHURCH-BUILDER?THE LOST PYX: A MEDIAEVAL LEGEND?TESS'S LAMENT?THE SUPPLANTER: A TALE?IMITATIONS, ETC. -
SAPPHIC FRAGMENT?CATULLUS: XXXI?AFTER SCHILLER?SONG: FROM HEINE?FROM VICTOR HUGO?CARDINAL BEMBO'S EPITAPH ON RAPHAEL?RETROSPECT -
"I HAVE LIVED WITH SHADES"?MEMORY AND I?[GREEK TITLE]
V.R. 1819-1901?A REVERIE
Moments the mightiest pass uncalendared,
And when the Absolute?In backward Time outgave the deedful word
Whereby all life is stirred:?"Let one be born and throned whose mould shall constitute?The norm of every royal-reckoned attribute,"
No mortal knew or heard.?But in due days the purposed Life outshone -
Serene, sagacious, free;?--Her waxing seasons bloomed with deeds well done,
And