Selected Poems (Penguin Classics) [Paperback]

Thomas Hardy (Author), Robert Mezey (Editor)

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According To The Mighty Working
After A Journey
After The Last Breath (j.h. 1813-1904)
Afternoon Service At Mellstock
Afterwards
Ah, Are You Digging On My Grave?
An Ancient To Ancients
An Anniversary
At A Country Fair
At A Hasty Wedding; Triolet
At Casterbridge Fair: 1. The Ballad-singer
At Casterbridge Fair: 2. Former Beauties
At Casterbridge Fair: 3. After The Club-dance
At Casterbridge Fair: 4. The Market-girl
At Casterbridge Fair: 5. The Inquiry
At Casterbridge Fair: 6. A Wife Waits
At Casterbridge Fair: 7. After The Fair
At Castle Boterel
At Day-close In November
At Middle-field Gate In February
At The Word 'farewell'
An August Midnight
A Backward Spring
The Ballet
Before And After Summer
A Bird-scene At A Rural Dwelling
The Blinded Bird
The Caged Goldfinch
The Calf
Channel Firing
The Choirmaster's Burial
A Church Romance
Coming Up Oxford Street: Evening
The Contretemps
The Convergence Of The Twain; Lines On Loss Of The Titanic
The Darkling Thrush
The Division
Domicilium
The Dream Is - Which?
Drummer Hodge
During Wind And Rain
Embarcation
Exeunt Omnes
Expectation And Experience
The Fallow Deer At The Lonely House
Fetching Her
The Five Students
A Forgotten Miniature
Friends Beyond
'a Gentleman's Second-hand Suit'
The Going
Going And Staying
Great Things
Hap
The Harbour Bridge
The Haunter
He Prefers Her Earthly
Henley Regatta
Heredity
His Immortality
His Visitor
The Homecoming
The House Of Hospitalities
A Hurried Meeting
I Am The One Whom The Ringdoves See
I Look Into My Glass
I Need Not Go
I Say, 'i'll Seek Her Side'
Ice On The Highway
In A Eweleaze Near Weatherbury
In Tenebris: 1
In The Days Of Crinoline
In The Garden
In The Moonlight
'in The Night She Came'
In The Small Hours
In Time Of 'the Breaking Of Nations'
Jubilate
Lament
The Last Chrysanthemum
Last Love-word
The Last Signal
Last Words To A Dumb Friend
A Leaving
Life And Death At Sunrise (near Dogbury Gate, 1867)
Logs On The Hearth; A Memory Of A Sister
Lonely Days (versified From A Diary)
Lying Awake
Mad Judy
The Man He Killed
The Marble Tablet
The Master And The Leaves
Midnight On The Great Western
The Missed Train
The Moon Looks In
My Spirit Will Not Haunt The Mound
Nature's Questioning
Near Lanivet, 1872
Neutral Tones
A Night In November
The Night Of The Dance
No Buyers (a Street Scene)
Nobody Comes
Old Furniture
On Sturminster Foot-bridge
On The Tune Called The Old-hundred-and-fourth
One Ralph Blossom Soliloquizes
One We Knew (m.h. 1772-1857)
One Who Married Above Him
The Orphaned Old Maid
The Oxen
The Pedigree
The Photograph
A Procession Of Dead Days
Proud Songsters
Rain On A Grave
The Rejected Member's Wife
The Respectable Burgher, On 'the Higher Criticism'
Retty's Phases
Rome. At The Pyramid Of Cestius Near The Graves Of Shelley
Rose-ann
The Ruined Maid
Satires Of Circumstance. 6. In The Cemetery
Satires Of Circumstance: 1. At Tea
Satires Of Circumstance: 10. In The Nuptial Chamber
Satires Of Circumstance: 11. In The Restaurant
Satires Of Circumstance: 12. At The Draper's
Satires Of Circumstance: 13. On The Death-bed
Satires Of Circumstance: 14. Over The Coffin
Satires Of Circumstance: 2. In Church
Satires Of Circumstance: 3. By Her Aunt's Grave
Satires Of Circumstance: 4. In The Room Of The Bride-elect
Satires Of Circumstance: 5. At A Watering-place
Satires Of Circumstance: 7. Outside The Window
Satires Of Circumstance: 8. In The Study
Satires Of Circumstance: 9. At The Altar-rail
The Schreckhorn
The Self-unseeing
The Shadow On The Stone
She Charged Me
She Hears The Storm
She, To Him: 2
A Sheep Fair
Shortening Days At The Homestead
Shut Out That Moon
Snow In The Suburbs
Something Tapped
The Souls Of The Slain
The Sundial On A Wet Day
Ten Years Since
A Thought In Two Moods
Throwing A Tree
Timing Her
To An Unborn Pauper Child
To Carrey Clavel
To Lizbie Browne
To My Father's Violin
To The Moon
A Trampwoman's Tragedy
Transformations
A Two-years' Idyll
An Upbraiding
The Voice
Voices From Things Growing In A Churchyard
Waiting - Both
The Walk
We Sat At The Window (bournemouth, 1875)
Weathers
Wessex Heights
When Dead
When Oats Were Reaped
Where They Lived
Who's In The Next Room? - Who?
The Wind Blew Words
Winter In Durnover Field; Triolet
Without Ceremony
Wives In The Sere
The Workbox
Your Last Drive
Zermatt: To The Matterhorn
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Penguin Classics (December 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140436995
• ISBN-13: 978-0140436990
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Hardy Collection, April 2, 2000

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Jonathan Cannon (America) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Selected Poems (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)

If you are looking for a collection of Hardy's poetry, look no farther than this collection. The Penguin editors have done an incredible job of organizing the dense, complex body of Hardy's work into a very readable collection. This is more than just a simple "Hardy's greatest hits." Yes, there are the standard favorites here, but there is also an impressive collection of the writer's more obscure work. Reading the entire contents of this book is the best way to see the breadth of Hardy's existential and metaphysical angst.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of the greatest poetry collections, June 23, 2004

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After the Library of America edition of Robert Frost's poetry, this might be the best collection of poetry there is. Not only is Hardy one of the best poets ever (easily top five in the English language), but Mezey does a great job at putting together this collection. He selects the best of Hardy's poetry and a highly representative selection as well. His introduction is very well written and highly informative. It's like taking a quick class on Hardy. The poems are very much annotated, almost too much, but the notes are at the back of the book, so they are unobtrusive. There is a chronology and Mezey includes a few quotes, some of them quite witty, from Hardy. And all for an affordable price. You really can't beat this, and Hardy is one of those poets that should be on everyone's shelf.

A quick list of my favorite Hardy poems: Hap; Neutral Tones; At a Hasty Wedding; The Last Chrysanthemum; The Darkling Thrush; Mad Judy; The Ruined Maid; The Man He Killed; Channel Firing; Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?; Without Ceremony; The Haunter; The Voice; His Visitor; She Charged Me; At Tea; Over the Coffin; In the Moonlight; Near Lanivet, 1872; Something Tapped; The Ballet; A Backward Spring; At a Country Fair; A Night in November.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thomas Hardy: Selected Poems, October 24, 2008

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Kenneth Ontjes - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Selected Poems (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)

The introduction by Robert Mezey was expecially gratifying. This was the right quantity of poems to suit my interest. The format of the book was pleasing. Everything about the book and the anthology has the right feel about it to my taste.