Time's Laughingstocks

About this eBook

Author

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928

Title

Time's Laughingstocks, and Other Verses

Credits

Transcribed from the 1919 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

English poetry

Category

Text

eBook-No.

2997

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2997

Release Date

December 1, 2001

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.TIME’S LAUGHINGSTOCKS AND OTHER VERSES
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.TIME’S LAUGHINGSTOCKS — THE REVISITATION — A TRAMPWOMAN’S TRAGEDY (182–) — THE TWO ROSALINDS — A SUNDAY MORNING TRAGEDY ( circa 186–) — THE HOUSE OF HOSPITALITIES — BEREFT — JOHN AND JANE — THE CURATE’S KINDNESS A WORKHOUSE IRONY — THE FLIRT’S TRAGEDY (17–) — THE REJECTED MEMBER’S WIFE — THE FARM-WOMAN’S WINTER — AUTUMN IN KING’S HINTOCK PARK — SHUT OUT THAT MOON — REMINISCENCES OF A DANCING MAN — THE DEAD MAN WALKING
5. 5.MORE LOVE LYRICS — 1967 — HER DEFINITION — THE DIVISION — ON THE DEPARTURE PLATFORM — IN A CATHEDRAL CITY — “I SAY I’LL SEEK HER” — HER FATHER — AT WAKING — FOUR FOOTPRINTS — IN THE VAULTED WAY — IN THE MIND’S EYE — THE END OF THE EPISODE — THE SIGH — “IN THE NIGHT SHE CAME” — THE CONFORMERS — THE DAWN AFTER THE DANCE — THE SUN ON THE LETTER — THE NIGHT OF THE DANCE — MISCONCEPTION — THE VOICE OF THE THORN — FROM HER IN THE COUNTRY — HER CONFESSION — TO AN IMPERSONATOR OF ROSALIND — TO AN ACTRESS — THE MINUTE BEFORE MEETING — HE ABJURES LOVE
6. 6.A SET OF COUNTRY SONGS — LET ME ENJOY — AT CASTERBRIDGE FAIR — I The Ballad-Singer — II Former Beauties — III After the Club-Dance — IV The Market-Girl — V The Inquiry — VI A Wife Waits — VII After the Fair — THE DARK-EYED GENTLEMAN — TO CARREY CLAVEL — THE ORPHANED OLD MAID — THE SPRING CALL — JULIE-JANE — NEWS FOR HER MOTHER — THE FIDDLER — THE HUSBAND’S VIEW — ROSE-ANN — THE HOMECOMING
7. 7.PIECES OCCASIONAL AND VARIOUS — A CHURCH ROMANCE ( Mellstock circa 1835) — THE RASH BRIDE An Experience of the Mellstock Quire — THE DEAD QUIRE — THE CHRISTENING — A DREAM QUESTION — BY THE BARROWS — A WIFE AND ANOTHER — THE ROMAN ROAD — THE VAMPIRINE FAIR — THE REMINDER — THE RAMBLER — NIGHT IN THE OLD HOME — AFTER THE LAST BREATH (J. H. 1813–1904) — IN CHILDBED — THE PINE PLANTERS ( Marty South’s Reverie ) — THE DEAR — ONE WE KNEW (M. H. 1772–1857) — SHE HEARS THE STORM — A WET NIGHT — BEFORE LIFE AND AFTER — NEW YEAR’S EVE — GOD’S EDUCATION — TO SINCERITY — PANTHERA — THE UNBORN — THE MAN HE KILLED — GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE (A Memory of Christiana C—) — ONE RALPH BLOSSOM SOLILOQUIZES — THE NOBLE LADY’S TALE ( circa 1790) — UNREALIZED — WAGTAIL AND BABY — ABERDEEN (April: 1905) — GEORGE MEREDITH 1828–1909 — YELL’HAM-WOOD’S STORY — A YOUNG MAN’S EPIGRAM ON EXISTENCE

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