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Poems of the Past and the Present is a classic collection of Thomas Hardy poems that contains the following poetry classics: A CHRISTMAS GHOST-STORY, THE DEAD DRUMMER, A WIFE IN LONDO… More...

Poems of the Past and the Present is a classic collection of Thomas Hardy poems that contains the following poetry classics: A CHRISTMAS GHOST-STORY, THE DEAD DRUMMER, A WIFE IN LONDON and THE SOULS OF THE SLAIN.Thomas Hardy OM (2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, especially William Wordsworth.[1] He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain, such as those from his native South West England.While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898. Initially, therefore, he gained fame as the author of such novels as Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), The Mayor of Casterbridge(1886), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), and Jude the Obscure (1895). During his lifetime, Hardy's poetry was acclaimed by younger poets (particularly the Georgians) who viewed him as a mentor. After his death his poems were lauded by Ezra Pound, W. H. Audenand Philip Larkin. Many of his novels concern tragic characters struggling against their passions and social circumstances, and they are often set in the semi-fictional region of Wessex; initially based on the medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom, Hardy's Wessex eventually came to include the counties of Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset, Devon, Hampshire and much of Berkshire, in southwest and south central England. Two of his novels, Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd, were listed in the top 50 on the BBC's survey The Big Read. Thomas Hardy was born on 2 June 1840 in Higher Bockhampton (then Upper Bockhampton), a hamlet in the parish of Stinsford to the east of Dorchester in Dorset, England, where his father Thomas (1811-1892) worked as a stonemason and local builder, and married his mother Jemima (née Hand;[4] 1813-1904) in Beaminster, towards the end of 1839.[5] Jemima was well-read, and she educated Thomas until he went to his first school at Bockhampton at the age of eight. For several years he attended Mr. Last's Academy for Young Gentlemen in Dorchester, where he learned Latin and demonstrated academic potential.[6] Because Hardy's family lacked the means for a university education, his formal education ended at the age of sixteen, when he became apprenticed to James Hicks, a local architect. Hardy trained as an architect in Dorchester before moving to London in 1862; there he enrolled as a student at King's College London. He won prizes from the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Architectural Association. He joined Arthur Blomfield's practice as assistant architect in April 1862 and worked with Blomfield on All Saints' parish church in Windsor, Berkshire in 1862-64. A reredos, possibly designed by Hardy, was discovered behind panelling at All Saints' in August 2016.[8][9] In the mid-1860s, Hardy was in charge of the excavation of part of the graveyard of St Pancras Old Church prior to its destruction when the Midland Railway was extended to a new terminus at St Pancras Hardy never felt at home in London, because he was acutely conscious of class divisions and his social inferiority. During this time he became interested in social reform and the works of John Stuart Mill. He was also introduced by his Dorset friend Horace Moule to the works of Charles Fourier and Auguste Comte. After five years, concerned about his health, he returned to Dorset, settling in Weymouth, and decided to dedicate himself to writing.In 1870, while on an architectural mission to restore the parish church of St Juliot in Cornwall,[11] Hardy met and fell in love with Emma Gifford, whom he married in Kensington in the autumn of 1874.[5][12][13 Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Poetry>Poetry>Poetry, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

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Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Thomas Hardy, OM (1840 - 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was… More...

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Thomas Hardy, OM (1840 - 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, especially William Wordsworth. Charles Dickens was another important influence. Like Dickens, he was highly critical of much in Victorian society, though Hardy focused more on a declining rural society. While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898. Initially, therefore, he gained fame as the author of novels, including Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), and Jude the Obscure (1895). Hardy's poetry, though prolific, was not as well received during his lifetime. It was rediscovered in the 1950s, when Hardy's poetry had a significant influence on the Movement poets of the 1950s and 1960s, including Philip Larkin. Most of his fictional works - initially published as serials in magazines - were set in the semi-fictional region of Wessex. They explored tragic characters struggling against their passions and social circumstances. Hardy's Wessex is based on the medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom and eventually came to include the counties of Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset, Devon, Hampshire and much of Berkshire, in southwest and south central England.<

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HERE, where Vespasian's legions struck the sands,And Cerdic with his Saxons entered in,And Henry's army leapt afloat to winConvincing triumphs over neighbour lands,Vaster battalions press… More...

HERE, where Vespasian's legions struck the sands,And Cerdic with his Saxons entered in,And Henry's army leapt afloat to winConvincing triumphs over neighbour lands,Vaster battalions press for further strands,To argue in the self-same bloody modeWhich this late age of thought, and pact, and code,Still fails to mend.-Now deckward tramp the bands,Yellow as autumn leaves, alive as spring;And as each host draws out upon the seaBeyond which lies the tragical To-be,None dubious of the cause, none murmuring,Wives, sisters, parents, wave white hands and smile,As if they knew not that they weep the while.8DEPARTURE(Southampton Docks: October, 1899)WHILE the far farewell music thins and fails,And the broad bottoms rip the bearing brine-All smalling slowly to the gray sea line-And each significant red smoke-shaft pales,Keen sense of severance everywhere prevails,Which shapes the late long tramp of mounting menTo seeming words that ask and ask again:How long, O striving Teutons, Slavs, and GaelsMust your wroth reasonings trade on lives like these,That are as puppets in a playing hand?-When shall the saner softer politiesWhereof we dream, have play in each proud land,And patriotism, grown Godlike, scorn to standBondslave to realms, but circle earth and seas? Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Poetry>Poetry>Poetry, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

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MOMENTS the mightiest pass uncalendared,And when the AbsoluteIn backward Time outgave the deedful wordWhereby all life is stirred:Let one be born and throned whose mould shall constit… More...

MOMENTS the mightiest pass uncalendared,And when the AbsoluteIn backward Time outgave the deedful wordWhereby all life is stirred:Let one be born and throned whose mould shall constituteThe 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 the world's heart was won . . .Yet may the deed of hers most bright in eyes to beLie hid from ours-as in the All-One's thought lay she-Till ripening years have run. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Poetry>Poetry>Poetry, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

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Poems of the Past and the Present is the second collection of poems by English poet Thomas Hardy, and was published in 1901. A wide-ranging collection, divided into five headings, it cont… More...

Poems of the Past and the Present is the second collection of poems by English poet Thomas Hardy, and was published in 1901. A wide-ranging collection, divided into five headings, it contains some of Hardy's most powerful and lasting poetic contributions. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Poetry>Poetry>Poetry, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<