Poetic Openings : Thomas Hardy to Thomas Hardy
Poet : Thomas Hardy : Poem : Epitaph On A Pessimist : First Line : I’m Smith of Stoke aged sixty oddPoet : Thomas Hardy : Poem : First Sight Of Her And After : First Line : A day is drawing to its fall
Poet : Thomas Hardy : Poem : Fragment : First Line : At last I entered a long dark gallery,
Poet : Thomas Hardy : Poem : Friends Beyond : First Line : WILLIAM Dewy, Tranter Reuben, Farmer Ledlow late at plough,
Poet : Thomas Hardy : Poem : From Victor Hugo : First Line : Child, were I king, I'd yield my royal rule,