Thomas Hardy: Satires of Circumstance

Welcome to the complete on-line, hyper-text edition of Satires of Circumstance, Thomas Hardy's 1914 book of poems. The text presented is that of the first edition. There are several notable differences between this version and Hardy's later revisions: changes in order, syntax, and selection. For a detailed discussion of these changes I recommend Purdy's Thomas Hardy: A Bibliographic Study, pages 160-173 and Gibson's Variorum Edition of Hardy's Complete Poems. The most notable differences are the inclusion, in this edition, of "Men Who March Away," later collected in Moments of Vision and the placement of the "Satires," which closed the volume in subsequent editions.

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Contents:

LYRICS AND REVERIES -- XIV. Over the Coffin Her Secret

XV. In the Moonlight "She Charged Me"

In Front of the Landscape The Newcomer's Wife

Channel Firing LYRICS AND REVERIES (Continued) A Conversation at Dawn

The Convergence of the Twain A King's Soliloquy

The Ghost of the Past Self-unconscious The Coronation

After the Visit The Discovery Aquae Sulis

To Meet, or Otherwise Tolerance Seventy-four and Twenty

The Difference Before and After Summer The Elopement

The Sun on the Bookcase At Day-close in November "I Rose up as My Custom is"

"When I set out for Lyonnesse" The Year's Awakening A Week

A Thunderstorm in Town Under the Waterfall Had You Wept

The Torn Letter The Spell of the Rose Bereft, She Thinks She Dreams

Beyond the Last Lamp St. Launce's Revisited In the British Museum

The Face at the Casement In the Servants' Quarters

Lost Love POEMS OF 1912-13 -- The Obliterate Tomb

"My Spirit will not Haunt the Mound" "Regret Not Me"

Wessex Heights The Going The Recalcitrants

In Death Divided Your Last Drive Starlings on the Roof

The Place on the Map The Walk The Moon Looks in

Where the Picnic Was Rain on a Grave The Sweet Hussy

The Schreckhorn "I Found Her Out There" The Telegram

A Singer Asleep Without Ceremony The Moth-signal

A Plaint to Man Lament Seen by the Waits

God's Funeral The Haunter The Two Soldiers

Spectres that Grieve The Voice The Death of Regret

"Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?" His Visitor In the Days of Crinoline

SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE A Circular The Roman Gravemounds

A Dream or No The Workbox

I. At Tea After a Journey The Sacrilege

II. In Church A Death-day Recalled The Abbey Mason

III. By Her Aunt's Grave Beeny Cliff The Jubilee of a Magazine

IV. In the Room of the Bride-elect At Castle Boterel The Satin Shoes

V. At a Watering-place Places Exeunt Omnes

VI. In the Cemetery The Phantom Horsewoman A Poet

VII. Outside the Window

VIII. In the Study MISC. PIECES -- POSTSCRIPT --

IX. At the Altar-rail

X. In the Nuptial Chamber The Wistful Lady "Men Who March Away"

XI. In the Restaurant The Woman in the Rye

XII. At the Draper's The Cheval-Glass

XIII. On the Death-bed The Re-enactment

Last Update: 12/11/04

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LYRICS AND REVERIES --	XIV. Over the Coffin	Her Secret
	XV. In the Moonlight	"She Charged Me"
In Front of the Landscape		The Newcomer's Wife
Channel Firing	LYRICS AND REVERIES (Continued)	A Conversation at Dawn
The Convergence of the Twain		A King's Soliloquy
The Ghost of the Past	Self-unconscious	The Coronation
After the Visit	The Discovery	Aquae Sulis
To Meet, or Otherwise	Tolerance	Seventy-four and Twenty
The Difference	Before and After Summer	The Elopement
The Sun on the Bookcase	At Day-close in November	"I Rose up as My Custom is"
"When I set out for Lyonnesse"	The Year's Awakening	A Week
A Thunderstorm in Town	Under the Waterfall	Had You Wept
The Torn Letter	The Spell of the Rose	Bereft, She Thinks She Dreams
Beyond the Last Lamp	St. Launce's Revisited	In the British Museum
The Face at the Casement		In the Servants' Quarters
Lost Love	POEMS OF 1912-13 --	The Obliterate Tomb
"My Spirit will not Haunt the Mound"		"Regret Not Me"
Wessex Heights	The Going	The Recalcitrants
In Death Divided	Your Last Drive	Starlings on the Roof
The Place on the Map	The Walk	The Moon Looks in
Where the Picnic Was	Rain on a Grave	The Sweet Hussy
The Schreckhorn	"I Found Her Out There"	The Telegram
A Singer Asleep	Without Ceremony	The Moth-signal
A Plaint to Man	Lament	Seen by the Waits
God's Funeral	The Haunter	The Two Soldiers
Spectres that Grieve	The Voice	The Death of Regret
"Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?"	His Visitor	In the Days of Crinoline
SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE	A Circular	The Roman Gravemounds
	A Dream or No	The Workbox
I. At Tea	After a Journey	The Sacrilege
II. In Church	A Death-day Recalled	The Abbey Mason
III. By Her Aunt's Grave	Beeny Cliff	The Jubilee of a Magazine
IV. In the Room of the Bride-elect	At Castle Boterel	The Satin Shoes
V. At a Watering-place	Places	Exeunt Omnes
VI. In the Cemetery	The Phantom Horsewoman	A Poet
VII. Outside the Window
VIII. In the Study	MISC. PIECES --	POSTSCRIPT --
IX. At the Altar-rail
X. In the Nuptial Chamber	The Wistful Lady	"Men Who March Away"
XI. In the Restaurant	The Woman in the Rye
XII. At the Draper's	The Cheval-Glass
XIII. On the Death-bed	The Re-enactment