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Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces

Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)

Published in 1914, this is a compilation of 107 poems by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), who is probably better known as the author of such famous novels as Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd.

Similar to his novels, the underlying themes of the majority of the poems in this collection are death, departure and unfulfilled love, while the central piece is comprised of the 15 short "Satires of Circumstance," funny poems with a bittersweet touch.

The poems have been recorded by our trio of readers John Burlinson, Tomas Peter and Sonia. As an interesting touch, some poems can be considered short dramatic readings, and as such have been performed as dialogues.

Genre(s): Poetry, Single author

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	In Front of the Landscape	John Burlinson	00:05:58
Play 02	Channel Firing	Sonia	00:02:02
Play 03	The Convergence of the Twain	John Burlinson	00:03:57
Play 04	The Ghost of the Past	Sonia	00:01:55
Play 05	After the Visit	Sonia	00:01:28
Play 06	To Meet, or Otherwise	John Burlinson	00:02:18
Play 07	The Difference	John Burlinson	00:01:23
Play 08	The Sun on the Bookcase	Sonia	00:01:00
Play 09	'When I set out for Lyonnesse'	Sonia	00:01:05
Play 10	A Thunderstorm in Town	John Burlinson	00:01:17
Play 11	The Torn Letter	John Burlinson	00:02:49
Play 12	Beyond the Last Lamp	Sonia	00:02:11
Play 13	The Face at the Casement	Tomas Peter	00:03:15
Play 14	Lost Love	Sonia	00:00:58
Play 15	'My Spirit will not haunt the mound'	Sonia	00:00:56
Play 16	Wessex Heights	John Burlinson	00:04:17
Play 17	In Death divided	Sonia	00:01:39
Play 18	The Place on the Map	Tomas Peter	00:02:17
Play 19	Where the Picnic was	Sonia	00:01:18
Play 20	The Schreckhorn	Sonia	00:01:10
Play 21	A Singer asleep	Tomas Peter	00:04:07
Play 22	A Plaint to Man	Sonia	00:01:55
Play 23	God's Funeral	Sonia	00:04:43
Play 24	Spectres that grieve	Sonia	00:01:46
Play 25	'Ah, are you digging on my grave?'	Sonia John Burlinson	00:02:06
Play 26	I. At Tea	Sonia	00:01:03
Play 27	II. In Church	Tomas Peter	00:01:15
Play 28	III. By her Aunt's Grave	Sonia	00:01:01
Play 29	IV. In the Room of the Bride-elect	Sonia	00:01:05
Play 30	V. At the Watering-place	Tomas Peter	00:01:12
Play 31	VI. In the Cemetery	Sonia	00:01:05
Play 32	VII. Outside the Window	Tomas Peter	00:01:14
Play 33	VIII. In the Study	Sonia	00:01:18
Play 34	IX. At the Altar-rail	Sonia John Burlinson	00:01:23
Play 35	X. In the Nuptial Chamber	Sonia John Burlinson	00:01:05
Play 36	XI. In the Restaurant	Sonia John Burlinson	00:01:10
Play 37	XII. At the Draper's	Tomas Peter	00:01:24
Play 38	XIII. On the Death-bed	Tomas Peter	00:01:47
Play 39	XIV. Over the Coffin	Sonia	00:01:08
Play 40	XV. In the Moonlight	Tomas Peter	00:01:32
Play 41	Self-unconscious	Sonia	00:02:05
Play 42	The Discovery	Sonia	00:00:54
Play 43	Tolerance	Sonia	00:01:03
Play 44	Before and after Summer	Tomas Peter	00:01:28
Play 45	At Day-close in November	Sonia	00:00:55
Play 46	The Year's Awakening	Sonia	00:01:17
Play 47	Under the Waterfall	Tomas Peter	00:03:21
Play 48	The Spell of the Rose	Sonia	00:02:06
Play 49	St. Launce's revisited	Sonia	00:01:20
Play 50	The Going	Sonia	00:02:14
Play 51	Your Last Drive	Tomas Peter	00:02:17
Play 52	The Walk	Sonia	00:00:54
Play 53	Rain on a Grave	Tomas Peter	00:01:47
Play 54	'I found her out there'	Sonia	00:01:33
Play 55	Without Ceremony	Sonia	00:00:57
Play 56	Lament	Sonia	00:01:47
Play 57	The Haunter	Sonia	00:01:42
Play 58	The Voice	Tomas Peter	00:01:34
Play 59	His Visitor	Sonia	00:01:32
Play 60	A Circular	Sonia	00:00:58
Play 61	A Dream or No	Tomas Peter	00:02:01
Play 62	After a Journey	Sonia	00:02:02
Play 63	A Death-day recalled	Sonia	00:01:10
Play 64	Beeny Cliff	Tomas Peter	00:02:07
Play 65	At Castle Boterel	Tomas Peter	00:02:33
Play 66	Places	Sonia	00:01:36
Play 67	The Phantom Horsewoman	Sonia	00:01:44
Play 68	The Wistful Lady	Sonia Tomas Peter	00:01:50
Play 69	The Woman in the Rye	Sonia	00:00:58
Play 70	The Cheval-Glass	Tomas Peter	00:02:23
Play 71	The Re-enactment	Tomas Peter	00:05:12
Play 72	Her Secret	Sonia	00:00:52
Play 73	'She charged me'	Tomas Peter	00:01:21
Play 74	The Newcomer's Wife	Sonia	00:01:11
Play 75	A Conversation at Dawn	Sonia Tomas Peter	00:09:45
Play 76	A King's Soliloquy	Tomas Peter	00:02:35
Play 77	The Coronation	Sonia	00:03:24
Play 78	Aquae Sulis	Sonia	00:02:12
Play 79	Seventy-four and Twenty	Sonia	00:00:45
Play 80	The Elopment	Tomas Peter	00:02:35
Play 81	'I rose up as my custom is'	Tomas Peter	00:02:17
Play 82	A Week	Sonia	00:01:20
Play 83	Had you wept	Tomas Peter	00:01:57
Play 84	Bereft, she thinks she dreams	Sonia	00:01:04
Play 85	In the British Museum	Sonia	00:01:33
Play 86	In the Servants Quarters	Sonia	00:02:38
Play 87	The Obliterate Tomb	Tomas Peter	00:07:17
Play 88	'Regret not me'	Sonia	00:01:31
Play 89	The Recalcitrants	Tomas Peter	00:01:34
Play 90	Starlings on the Roof	Sonia	00:01:10
Play 91	The Moon looks in	Sonia	00:00:58
Play 92	The Sweet Hussy	Sonia	00:00:55
Play 93	The Telegram	Sonia Tomas Peter	00:02:08
Play 94	The Moth-signal	Sonia Tomas Peter	00:02:03
Play 95	Seen by the Waits	Sonia	00:01:08
Play 96	The Two Soldiers	Tomas Peter	00:01:30
Play 97	The Death of Regret	Sonia	00:01:25
Play 98	In the Days of the Crinoline	Sonia	00:01:44
Play 99	The Roman Gravemounds	Sonia	00:01:50
Play 100	The Workbox	Sonia Tomas Peter	00:02:16
Play 101	The Sacrilege	Tomas Peter	00:08:16
Play 102	The Abbey Mason	Sonia	00:09:40
Play 103	The Jubilee of a Magazine	Sonia	00:01:55
Play 104	The Satin Shoes	Sonia	00:02:57
Play 105	Exeunt Omnes	Tomas Peter	00:01:19
Play 106	A Poet	Sonia	00:01:10
Play 107	'Men who march away'	Tomas Peter	00:02:14

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