Overview
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was born in Dorset. He left school at sixteen to work as an apprentice for an architect who specialized in church restoration. He made his reputation as a novelist, and it wasn't until after the publication of his last novel, The Well-beloved, in 1897, that he dedicated himself to writing poetry.
A selection of the writer''s greatest nature poetry, selected by Tom Paulin, published in a beautiful new edition by Faber.
At once a voice arose among
The bleak twigs overhead
In a full-hearted evensong
Of joy illimited;
An aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small,
In blast-beruffled plume,
Had chosen thus to fling his soul
Upon the growing gloom . . .
-The Darkling Thrush
- | Author: Thomas Hardy, Tom Paulin
- | Publisher: Faber & Faber
- | Publication Date: Apr 07, 2005
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9780571226733
- | ISBN-10: 0571226736