Poetic Openings : Thomas Hardy to Thomas Hardy

Poet : Thomas Hardy : Poem : The Going Of The Battery Wives. ( Lament ) : First Line : I
Poet : Thomas Hardy : Poem : The House Of Hospitalities : First Line : Here we broached the Christmas barrel,
Poet : Thomas Hardy : Poem : The Impercipient : First Line : (at a Cathedral Service)
Poet : Thomas Hardy : Poem : The Inconsistent : First Line : I say, "She was as good as fair,"
Poet : Thomas Hardy : Poem : The Ivy-wife : First Line : I LONGED to love a full-boughed beech

Poet : Thomas Hardy : Poem : The King's Experiment : First Line : It was a wet wan hour in spring,
Poet : Thomas Hardy : Poem : The Lacking Sense Scene.--a Sad-coloured Landscape, Waddon Vale : First Line : I
Poet : Thomas Hardy : Poem : The Last Chrysanthemum : First Line : Why should this flower delay so long
Poet : Thomas Hardy : Poem : The Levelled Churchyard : First Line : "O passenger, pray list and catch
Poet : Thomas Hardy : Poem : The Lost Pyx: A Mediaeval Legend : First Line : Some say the spot is banned; that the pillar Cross-and-Hand