Hardy claimed poetry as his first love, and published collections until his death in 1928. Although not as well received by his contemporaries as his novels, Hardy's poetry has been applauded considerably in recent years. Most of his poems deal with themes of disappointment in love and life, and mankind's long struggle against indifference to human suffering. (Summary from Wikipedia).
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
We Sat At The Window
01:06 - Chapter 2
Change, The
02:42 - Chapter 3
Afternoon Service at Mellstock
00:49 - Chapter 4
First Sight of Her and After
00:45 - Chapter 5
At the Word 'Farewell'
01:38 - Chapter 6
At a Country Fair
01:20 - Chapter 7
Five Students, The
02:15 - Chapter 8
Afterwards
01:53 - Chapter 9
Background and the Figure, The
00:53 - Chapter 10
Figure in the Scene, The
01:08 - Chapter 11
Young Churchwarden, The
01:06 - Chapter 12
Dolls, The
00:55 - Chapter 13
Life Laughs Onward
01:03 - Chapter 14
Pink Frock, The
00:49 - Chapter 15
Peace-Offering, The
00:46 - Chapter 16
Glimpse, The
01:23 - Chapter 17
Pedestrian, The - an Incident of 1883
02:15 - Chapter 18
Choirmaster's Burial, The
01:49 - Chapter 19
Memorial Brass: 186-, The
01:38 - Chapter 20
Paying Calls
01:04 - Chapter 21
Upper Birch-Leaves, The
01:06 - Chapter 22
He Fears His Good Fortune
01:11 - Chapter 23
Jubilate
02:25 - Chapter 24
I Thought, My Heart
01:18 - Chapter 25
Shadow on the Stone, The
01:41 - Chapter 26
Nettles, The
01:07 - Chapter 27
On a Midsummer Eve
00:59 - Chapter 28
Faded Face, The
01:12 - Chapter 29
Transformations
01:03 - Chapter 30
In a Waiting-Room
02:16 - Chapter 31
Clock-Winder, The
01:51 - Chapter 32
In a Whispering-Gallery
01:06 - Chapter 33
This Heart - A Woman's Dream
02:34 - Chapter 34
To Shakespeare After Three Hundred Years
02:14 - Chapter 35
Great Things
01:25 - Chapter 36
Before Knowledge
00:58 - Chapter 37
Upbraiding, An
00:52 - Chapter 38
Old Excursions
01:19 - Chapter 39
Paths of Former Time
01:13 - Chapter 40
Moments of Vision
01:16