Knowledge

Wessex Poems and Other Verses

Source 📝

222: 225: 22: 54:
The collection met a broadly hostile reception, critics being accustomed to Hardy as a (controversial) writer of prose alone. Hardy himself was taken aback by the failure to recognise his dry humour, as in the (slightly bawdy) 'Bride-Night Fire'.
564: 556: 71: 666: 525: 572: 62:
disliked the section consisting of love lyrics to various recipients; and especially 'The Ivy Wife', which she felt aimed at her.
258: 756: 517: 761: 477: 437: 38:) is a collection of fifty-one poems set against the bleak and forbidding Dorset landscape by English writer 633: 378: 751: 491: 314: 251: 766: 727: 684: 626: 362: 282: 715: 484: 429: 330: 298: 100: 612: 540: 74:" and 'Amabel' - the latter exploring the theme of sexual attraction impacted by age taken up by 421: 322: 86:" and the cheerful 'Sergeant's Song' show further aspects of Hardy's range of poetic subjects. 244: 79: 8: 598: 456: 306: 290: 43: 619: 548: 533: 470: 338: 206: 699: 640: 463: 394: 386: 75: 771: 605: 370: 213: 354: 95: 745: 591: 83: 694: 413: 267: 59: 39: 720: 658: 346: 201: 689: 231: 46:, and contained a number of illustrations by the author himself. 236: 21: 42:. It was first published in London and New York in 1898 by 70:
Two notable early poems from the collection (1860s) were "
78:. 'She at His Funeral' was a tribute to Hardy's friend 743: 252: 185:The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English 667:The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall 259: 245: 20: 744: 240: 16:Poems by English writer Thomas Hardy 13: 58:On a more personal note, his wife 14: 783: 518:Poems of the Past and the Present 193: 266: 220: 65: 700:Florence Dugdale (second wife) 177: 164: 151: 138: 125: 112: 1: 510:Wessex Poems and Other Verses 478:Barbara of the House of Grebe 438:A Changed Man and Other Tales 215:Wessex Poems and Other Verses 202:Wessex Poems and Other Verses 106: 34:(often referred to simply as 31:Wessex Poems and Other Verses 634:The Convergence of the Twain 49: 7: 230:public domain audiobook at 89: 10: 788: 757:English poetry collections 492:A Tragedy of Two Ambitions 315:Far from the Madding Crowd 708: 695:Emma Gifford (first wife) 677: 650: 583: 501: 448: 405: 379:Tess of the d'Urbervilles 363:The Mayor of Casterbridge 283:The Poor Man and the Lady 274: 485:The Fiddler of the Reels 331:The Return of the Native 299:Under the Greenwood Tree 187:(Cambridge 1995) p. 1007 613:The Respectable Burgher 541:Satires of Circumstance 406:Short story collections 762:Poetry by Thomas Hardy 685:Thomas Hardy's Cottage 627:A Trampwoman's Tragedy 422:A Group of Noble Dames 323:The Hand of Ethelberta 26: 716:Thomas Hardy's Wessex 526:Time's Laughingstocks 430:Life's Little Ironies 101:Thomas Hardy's Wessex 24: 174:(London 1994) p. 177 161:(London 1994) p. 597 148:(London 1994) p. 561 122:(London 1994) p. 637 82:; while the bitter " 599:The Darkling Thrush 457:The Three Strangers 307:A Pair of Blue Eyes 25:First edition cover 502:Poetry collections 291:Desperate Remedies 135:(Ware 2007) p. 311 131:T & F. Hardy, 27: 752:1898 poetry books 739: 738: 620:The Man He Killed 549:Moments of Vision 339:The Trumpet-Major 207:Project Gutenberg 170:M.Seymour-Smith, 157:M.Seymour-Smith, 144:M.Seymour-Smith, 118:M.Seymour-Smith, 779: 767:Victorian poetry 641:The Blinded Bird 464:A Mere Interlude 395:The Well-Beloved 387:Jude the Obscure 261: 254: 247: 238: 237: 224: 223: 209: 188: 181: 175: 168: 162: 155: 149: 142: 136: 129: 123: 116: 76:The Well-Beloved 787: 786: 782: 781: 780: 778: 777: 776: 742: 741: 740: 735: 704: 673: 646: 606:The Ruined Maid 579: 497: 444: 401: 371:The Woodlanders 270: 265: 221: 199: 196: 191: 182: 178: 169: 165: 156: 152: 143: 139: 130: 126: 117: 113: 109: 92: 68: 52: 44:Harper Brothers 17: 12: 11: 5: 785: 775: 774: 769: 764: 759: 754: 737: 736: 734: 733: 725: 724: 723: 712: 710: 706: 705: 703: 702: 697: 692: 687: 681: 679: 675: 674: 672: 671: 663: 654: 652: 648: 647: 645: 644: 637: 630: 623: 616: 609: 602: 595: 587: 585: 581: 580: 578: 577: 569: 561: 553: 545: 537: 530: 522: 514: 505: 503: 499: 498: 496: 495: 488: 481: 474: 471:Alicia's Diary 467: 460: 452: 450: 446: 445: 443: 442: 434: 426: 418: 409: 407: 403: 402: 400: 399: 391: 383: 375: 367: 359: 355:Two on a Tower 351: 343: 335: 327: 319: 311: 303: 295: 287: 278: 276: 272: 271: 264: 263: 256: 249: 241: 235: 234: 218: 210: 195: 194:External links 192: 190: 189: 183:I. Ousby ed., 176: 163: 150: 137: 124: 110: 108: 105: 104: 103: 98: 96:1898 in poetry 91: 88: 67: 64: 51: 48: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 784: 773: 770: 768: 765: 763: 760: 758: 755: 753: 750: 749: 747: 732: 730: 726: 722: 719: 718: 717: 714: 713: 711: 707: 701: 698: 696: 693: 691: 688: 686: 683: 682: 680: 676: 669: 668: 664: 661: 660: 656: 655: 653: 649: 642: 638: 635: 631: 628: 624: 621: 617: 614: 610: 607: 603: 600: 596: 593: 592:Neutral Tones 589: 588: 586: 582: 575: 574: 570: 567: 566: 562: 559: 558: 554: 551: 550: 546: 543: 542: 538: 536: 535: 534:Poems 1912–13 531: 528: 527: 523: 520: 519: 515: 512: 511: 507: 506: 504: 500: 493: 489: 486: 482: 479: 475: 472: 468: 465: 461: 458: 454: 453: 451: 449:Short stories 447: 440: 439: 435: 432: 431: 427: 424: 423: 419: 416: 415: 411: 410: 408: 404: 397: 396: 392: 389: 388: 384: 381: 380: 376: 373: 372: 368: 365: 364: 360: 357: 356: 352: 349: 348: 344: 341: 340: 336: 333: 332: 328: 325: 324: 320: 317: 316: 312: 309: 308: 304: 301: 300: 296: 293: 292: 288: 285: 284: 280: 279: 277: 273: 269: 262: 257: 255: 250: 248: 243: 242: 239: 233: 229: 228: 219: 217: 216: 212:The complete 211: 208: 204: 203: 198: 197: 186: 180: 173: 167: 160: 154: 147: 141: 134: 128: 121: 115: 111: 102: 99: 97: 94: 93: 87: 85: 84:Neutral Tones 81: 77: 73: 66:Notable poems 63: 61: 56: 47: 45: 41: 37: 33: 32: 23: 19: 731:(song cycle) 729:Winter Words 728: 665: 657: 573:Winter Words 571: 563: 555: 547: 539: 532: 524: 516: 509: 508: 436: 428: 420: 414:Wessex Tales 412: 393: 385: 377: 369: 361: 353: 345: 337: 329: 321: 313: 305: 297: 289: 281: 268:Thomas Hardy 227:Wessex Poems 226: 214: 200: 184: 179: 172:Thomas Hardy 171: 166: 159:Thomas Hardy 158: 153: 146:Thomas Hardy 145: 140: 133:Thomas Hardy 132: 127: 120:Thomas Hardy 119: 114: 80:Horace Moule 69: 57: 53: 40:Thomas Hardy 36:Wessex Poems 35: 30: 29: 28: 18: 721:Egdon Heath 662:(1904–1908) 659:The Dynasts 565:Human Shows 557:Late Lyrics 347:A Laodicean 746:Categories 107:References 382:(1891/92) 50:Reception 690:Max Gate 643:" (1916) 636:" (1915) 629:" (1903) 622:" (1902) 615:" (1901) 608:" (1901) 601:" (1900) 594:" (1898) 494:" (1894) 487:" (1893) 480:" (1891) 473:" (1887) 466:" (1885) 459:" (1883) 232:LibriVox 90:See also 709:Related 772:Wessex 670:(1923) 576:(1928) 568:(1925) 560:(1922) 552:(1917) 544:(1914) 529:(1909) 521:(1901) 513:(1898) 441:(1913) 433:(1894) 425:(1891) 417:(1888) 398:(1897) 390:(1895) 374:(1887) 366:(1886) 358:(1882) 350:(1881) 342:(1880) 334:(1878) 326:(1876) 318:(1874) 310:(1873) 302:(1872) 294:(1871) 286:(1867) 275:Novels 651:Plays 584:Poems 678:Life 60:Emma 205:at 72:Hap 748:: 639:" 632:" 625:" 618:" 611:" 604:" 597:" 590:" 490:" 483:" 476:" 469:" 462:" 455:" 260:e 253:t 246:v

Index


Thomas Hardy
Harper Brothers
Emma
Hap
The Well-Beloved
Horace Moule
Neutral Tones
1898 in poetry
Thomas Hardy's Wessex
Wessex Poems and Other Verses
Project Gutenberg
Wessex Poems and Other Verses
Wessex Poems
LibriVox
v
t
e
Thomas Hardy
The Poor Man and the Lady
Desperate Remedies
Under the Greenwood Tree
A Pair of Blue Eyes
Far from the Madding Crowd
The Hand of Ethelberta
The Return of the Native
The Trumpet-Major
A Laodicean
Two on a Tower
The Mayor of Casterbridge

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.