Thomas Hardy

Ralph Pite is Professor of English at the University of Bristol. He has published extensively on Thomas Hardy, including the biography, Thomas Hardy: The Guarded Life (2007) and Hardy's Geography: Wessex and the Regional Novel (2002). He has also published on classical reception and on ecocriticism, particularly in connection with the Romantic period; he is currently completing a study of the poetry of water. He developed the smartphone app, Romantic Bristol: Writing the City, first launched in 2013, and is a published poet.

• FROM WESSEX POEMS AND OTHER VERSES (1898)Preface [extract]The Temporary the AllHapA Confession to a Friend in TroubleNeutral TonesSheHer InitialsHer DilemmaShe, to Him, Ia ? , IIa ? , IIIa ? , IVDittyValenciennesSan SebastianThe Stranger s SongThe BurghersLeipzigMy CicelyFriends BeyondThoughts of Ph aMiddle-Age EnthusiasmsIn a WoodTo an Orphan ChildNature s QuestioningThe ImpercipientAt an InnIn a Eweleaze near WeatherburyI Look into my GlassFROM POEMS OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT (1901)Preface [extract]War PoemsEmbarcationThe Dead DrummerA Wife in LondonThe Souls of the SlainThe Sick GodPoems of PilgrimageGenoa and the MediterraneanShelley s SkylarkIn the Old Theatre, FiesoleRome: Building a New Street in the Ancient QuarterLausanne: In Gibbon s Old GardenMiscellaneous PoemsThe Mother MournsA Commonplace DayAt a Lunar EclipseThe SubalternsGod-ForgottenThe Bedridden Peasant to an Unknowing GodMute OpinionTo an Unborn Pauper ChildThe Well-BelovedA Broken AppointmentBetween us nowA SpotHis ImmortalityThe SupersededAn August MidnightWinter in Durnover FieldThe Last ChrysanthemumThe Darkling ThrushMad JudyA Wasted IllnessThe Ruined MaidThe Respectable Burgher on the Higher CriticismHer Late HusbandThe Self-UnseeingDe Profundis I.De Profundis II.De Profundis III.The Lost Pyx: A Mediaeval LegendTess s LamentThe Supplanter : A TaleImitations, etc.From Victor HugoRetrospectI have Lived with ShadesMemory and Ia???????? ????FROM THE DYNASTS (1904-08)Part 3, Act VI: scene viii: the road to Waterloo (extract)Part 3, Act VII, scene ix: The Wood of BossuPart 3, After Scene (extract)From Select Poems of William Barnes. chosen and edited by Thomas Hardy (1908)Preface [extract]FROM TIME'S LAUGHINGSTOCKS AND OTHER VERSES (1909)Preface [Extract]Time s LaughingstocksThe RevisitationA Trampwoman s TragedyA Sunday Morning TragedyBereftThe Rejected Member s WifeThe Farm-Woman s WinterAutumn in the ParkShut out that MoonThe Dead Man WalkingLove LyricsThe DivisionOn the Departure PlatformThe PhantomThe Night of the DanceThe Voice of the ThornThe Minute before MeetingHe abjures LoveA Set of Country SongsLet me EnjoyAt Casterbridge FairI: The Ballad SingerII: Former BeautiesIII: After the Club-DanceVII: After the FairThe Dark-eyed GentlemanTo Carrey ClavelThe Spring CallJulie-JanePieces Occasional and VariousA Church RomanceThe ChristeningA Dream QuestionBy the BarrowsA Wife and AnotherThe Roman RoadAfter the Last BreathIn ChildbedThe Pine PlantersOne We KnewBefore Life and AfterNew Year s EveHis EducationPantheraThe UnbornThe Man He KilledGeographical KnowledgeOne Ralph Blossom SoliloquizesG. M., 1828-1909FROM THE BOOK OF BABY BEASTS (1911)The Polar BearThe RatThe CalfFROM THE BOOK OF BABY BIRDS (1912)The Yellow-HammerThe DucklingThe Tropic BirdFROM SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE, LYRICS AND REVERIES WITH MISCELLANEOUS PIECES (1914)Lyrics and ReveriesIn Front of the LandscapeChannel FiringThe Convergence of the TwainThe Ghost of the PastWhen I set out for LyonnesseA Thunderstorm in TownBeyond the Last LampLost LoveMy spirit will not haunt the mound"Wessex HeightsThe Place on the MapWhere the Picnic wasSatires of CircumstanceI: At TeaII: In ChurchVIII: In the StudyX: In the Nuptial ChamberXI: In the RestaurantXIV: Over the CoffinXV: In the MoonlightLyrics and Reveries (continued)The Year s AwakeningUnder the WaterfallThe Spell of the RoseSt Launce s revisitedPoems of 1912-13The GoingYour Last DriveThe WalkRain on a GraveI found her out thereWithout CeremonyLamentThe HaunterThe VoiceHis VisitorA CircularA Dream or NoAfter a JourneyA Death-day recalledBeeny CliffAt Castle BoterelPlacesThe Phantom HorsewomanMiscellaneous PiecesThe Wistful LadyThe Woman in the RyeThe Re-enactmentThe Newcomer s WifeA King s SoliloquyA WeekHad you weptBereft, she thinks she dreamsIn the British MuseumIn the Servants QuartersRegret not meThe TelegramThe Moth-signalSeen by the WaitsExeunt OmnesPostscriptMen who march awayFROM THE BOOK OF BABY PETS (1915)About LizardsFROM MOMENTS OF VISION AND MISCELLANEOUS VERSES (1917)Moments of VisionThe Voice of ThingsWhy be at painsaWe sat at the windowAfternoon Service at MellstockApostrophe to an Old Psalm TuneAt the Word FarewellThe Day of First SightHeredityYou were the sort that men forgetShe, I, and TheyNear Lanivet, 1872Copying Architecture in an Old MinsterTo ShakespeareQuid hic agisaTiming HerThe Blinded BirdThe wind blew wordsThe RiddleTo my Father s ViolinThe ChangeThe Young ChurchwardenLines to a Movement in Mozart s E-flat SymphonyIn the seventiesThe PedigreeThe Peace-offeringSomething TappedThe WoundA January NightThe AnnouncementThe OxenAn AnniversaryTransformationsThe Last SignalGreat ThingsThe Figure in the SceneLove the MonopolistAt Middle-field Gate in FebruaryThe Head above the FogOverlooking the River StourThe Musical BoxOn Sturminster Foot-bridgeThe Last PerformanceLogs on the HearthThe Caged GoldfinchThe Five StudentsThe Wind s ProphecyDuring Wind and RainHe prefers her EarthlyLooking AcrossThe PedestrianWho s in the next roomaAt a Country FairPaying CallsEverything ComesMidnight on the Great WesternThe Clock-winderOld ExcursionsIn a Whispering GalleryOn the DoorstepThe Clock of the YearsThe Shadow on the StoneAn UpbraidingThe Young Glass-StainerWhile drawing in a ChurchyardPoems of War and PatriotismHis CountryThe Pity of ItIn Time of the Breaking of NationsBefore Marching and AfterA Call to National ServiceI looked up from my writingFinaleAfterwardsFROM LATE LYRICS AND EARLIER WITH MANY OTHER VERSES (1922)Apology [Extract]WeathersThe Maid of Keinton MandevilleSummer SchemesFaintheart in a Railway TrainThe Garden SeatThe Curtains now are drawnAccording to the Mighty WorkingGoing and StayingThe DissemblersThe Old GownA Duettist to Her PianoforteWhere Three Roads joinedAnd There was a Great CalmThe Woman I metOn Stinsford Hill at MidnightThe Fallow Deer at the Lonely HouseThe WandererAt Lulworth Cove a Century backAt the Railway Station, UpwaySide by SideThe BeautyOn the Tune called the Old-hundred-and-fourthThe OpportunityThe RiftVoices from Things growingBy Henstridge Cross at the Year s EndThe Chapel-OrganistFetching herCould I but willAfter a Romantic DayHe follows HimselfWithout, not within HerThe Little Old TableLast Words to a Dumb FriendOn One who lived and died where He was bornOutside the CasementThe Passer-byI was the midmostThe Whitewashed WallThe Seven TimesThe Sun s Last Look on the Country GirlAn Ancient to AncientsAfter reading Psalms XXXIX, XL.SurviewFROM THE FAMOUS TRAGEDY OF THE QUEEN OF CORNWALL (1924)Could he but live for meFROM HUMAN SHOWS, FAR PHANTASIES, SONGS, AND TRIFLES (1925)Waiting bothAny little Old SongThe Turnip-hoerCircus-rider to RingmasterThe Later AutumnLet meAn East-end CurateComing up Oxford Street: EveningA Spellbound PalaceWhen deadSine ProleTen Years sinceA Sheep FairSnow in the SuburbsIce on the HighwayQueen Caroline to her GuestsThe Weary WalkerLast Love-wordNobody comesIn the StreetSo, TimeLast Look round St. Martin s FairA Leader of FashionWhen Oats were reapedShe opened the DoorThe Harbour BridgeVagrant s SongThe ShiverAt the Aquatic SportsAt the MillAlike and UnlikeThe Thing unplannedRetty s PhasesHe inadvertently cures his Love-painsKnown had IShortening Days at the HomesteadThe Paphian BallThe Bird-catcher s BoySong to an Old BurdenWhy do IaFROM WINTER WORDS IN VARIOUS MOODS AND METRES (1928)Introductory Note [extract]The New Dawn s BusinessProud SongstersThoughts at MidnightI am the OneA Wish for UnconsciousnessTo Louisa in the LaneThe Love-lettersThrowing a TreeHer Second Husband hears her StoryYuletide in a Younger WorldLying awakeChildhood among the FernsA CountenanceSilencesTo a Tree in LondonThe Dead BastardThe MongrelConcerning AgnesWe Field-WomenA Practical WomanHe never expected muchStanding by the MantelpieceChristmas: 1924Family PortraitsWe are getting to the EndHe resolves to say no moreFROM FLORENCE HARDY, THE EARLY LIFE OF THOMAS HARDY, 1840-1891 (1928)DomiciliumTH s remarks on poetry from journals and diariesFROM FLORENCE HARDY, THE LATER YEARS OF THOMAS HARDY, 1892-1928 (1930)TH s remarks on poetry from journals and diaries