Poems of the Past and the Present - Wikipedia Poems of the Past and the Present Poems of the Past and the Present is the second collection of poems by English poet Thomas Hardy, and was published in 1901. A wide - ranging collection, divided into five headings, it contains some of Hardy 's most powerful and lasting poetic contributions. Contents 1 Reception and thematics 2 Notable pieces 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Reception and thematics The unusually favourable reception of the collection was due in large part to its opening with the section of ' War Poems ', many previously published independently, and welcomed by the public for their treatment of the Boer War - the seminal Drummer Hodge being the outstanding example. Hardy 's friend Sir George Douglas called some of the collection 's poems Aeschylean, and Hardy himself considered that the ' Doom ' themes in the work overlapped with those in The Dynasts. However, he had been careful in the collection 's Preface to disclaim any organised philosophy therein, adding that `` Unadjusted impressions have their value... '' Notable pieces Among other notable pieces were his poem ' Well - beloved ', on the transient succession of a man 's love - ideal ; and The Darkling Thrush, the humorous piece The Ruined Maid, and the dour sequence In Tenebris. See also Heinrich Heine Rupert Brooke War poetry References Jump up ^ I. Ousby ed., The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English ( Cambridge 1993 ) p. 746 Jump up ^ M. Seymour - Smith, Thomas Hardy ( London 1994 ) p. 637 - 9 Jump up ^ I. Ousby ed., The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English ( Cambridge 1993 ) p. 746 Jump up ^ T. and F. Hardy, Thomas Hardy ( London 2007 ) p. 404 Jump up ^ D. Wright ed., Thomas Hardy : Selected Poems ( Penguin 1978 ) p. 442 Jump up ^ T. and F. Hardy, Thomas Hardy ( London 2007 ) p. 294 Jump up ^ I. Ousby ed., The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English ( Cambridge 1993 ) p. 746 External links Poems of the Past and the Present Thomas Hardy Novels The Poor Man and the Lady ( 1867 ) Desperate Remedies ( 1871 ) Under the Greenwood Tree ( 1872 ) A Pair of Blue Eyes ( 1873 ) Far from the Madding Crowd ( 1874 ) The Hand of Ethelberta ( 1876 ) The Return of the Native ( 1878 ) The Trumpet - Major ( 1880 ) A Laodicean ( 1881 ) Two on a Tower ( 1882 ) The Mayor of Casterbridge ( 1886 ) The Woodlanders ( 1887 ) Tess of the d'Urbervilles ( 1891 / 92 ) Jude the Obscure ( 1895 ) The Well - Beloved ( 1897 ) Short story collections Wessex Tales ( 1888 ) A Group of Noble Dames ( 1891 ) Life 's Little Ironies ( 1894 ) A Changed Man and Other Tales ( 1913 ) Short stories `` The Three Strangers '' ( 1883 ) `` A Mere Interlude '' ( 1885 ) `` Alicia 's Diary '' ( 1887 ) `` Barbara of the House of Grebe '' ( 1891 ) `` The Fiddler of the Reels '' ( 1893 ) `` A Tragedy of Two Ambitions '' ( 1894 ) Poetry collections Wessex Poems and Other Verses ( 1898 ) Poems of the Past and the Present ( 1901 ) Time 's Laughingstocks ( 1909 ) Poems 1912 -- 13 Satires of Circumstance ( 1914 ) Moments of Vision ( 1917 ) Late Lyrics ( 1922 ) Human Shows ( 1925 ) Winter Words ( 1928 ) Poems `` Neutral Tones '' ( 1898 ) `` The Darkling Thrush '' ( 1901 ) `` The Ruined Maid '' ( 1901 ) `` The Respectable Burgher '' ( 1901 ) `` The Man He Killed '' ( 1902 ) `` A Trampwoman 's Tragedy '' ( 1903 ) `` The Convergence of the Twain '' ( 1915 ) `` The Blinded Bird '' ( 1916 ) Plays The Dynasts ( 1904 -- 1908 ) Related Thomas Hardy 's Wessex Egdon Heath Life Thomas Hardy 's Cottage Max Gate home Emma Gifford ( first wife ) Florence Dugdale ( second wife ) This article about a collection of written poetry is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poems_of_the_Past_and_the_Present&oldid=807701851 '' Categories : Poetry collection stubs 1901 poems Poetry collections Poetry by Thomas Hardy Hidden categories : All stub articles Articles created via the Article Wizard Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 29 October 2017, at 17 : 05. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: poems of the past and present thomas hardy
Answer: 1901