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Poems of the Past and the Present

Poems of the Past and the Present is the second collection of poems by Thomas Hardy published in 1901. It is divided into 5 sections, War Poems, Poems of Pilgrimage, Miscellaneous Poems, Imitations and Retrospect.

The first poem is a tribute to Queen Victoria written in the week of her death. (Summary by Alan Mapstone)

Year of Publication: 1919Genres: Lyric

Running Time: 02 hours 55 minutes 26 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	V.R. 1819-1901 Alan Mapstone	1:44
2	WAR POEMS: Embarkation Alan Mapstone	1:26
3	Departure Alan Mapstone	1:29
4	The Colonel's Soliloquy Alan Mapstone	2:46
5	The Going of the Battery nighthawks	3:10
6	At the War Office nighthawks	1:18
7	A Christmas Ghost-Story nighthawks	1:32
8	The Dead Drummer Alan Mapstone	1:15
9	A Wife in London Agnes Robert Behr	1:25
10	The Souls of the Slain Inkell	4:09
11	Song of the Soldiers' Wives Agnes Robert Behr	1:37
12	The Sick God Inkell	2:20
13	POEMS OF PILGRIMAGE: Genoa and the Mediteranean nighthawks	2:18
14	Shelley's Skylark Rob E. Brown	1:48
15	In the Old Theatre, Fiesole Vinita	1:10
16	Rome: On the Palantine Inkell	1:06
17	Rome: building a new street in the ancient quarter Inkell	1:06
18	Rome: the Vatican Vinita	2:20
19	Rome: at the pyramid of Cestius Inkell	1:23
20	Lausanne Stefan Von Blon	2:16
21	Zermatt nighthawks	1:46
22	The Bridge at Lodi Kiera Abrienne	3:00
23	An Invitation to the United States Kiera Abrienne	0:58
24	MISCELLANEOUS POEMS: The Mother Mourns Nonulzzang	3:50
25	"I Said to Love" Stunning	1:33
26	A Commonplace Day Winnifred Assmann	2:31
27	At a Lunar Eclipse Stunning	1:13
28	The Lacking Sense nighthawks	3:47
29	To Life Stunning	1:01
30	Doom and She nighthawks	2:48
31	The Problem Stunning	0:52
32	The Subalterns Ronald Gardella	1:01
33	The Sleep-Worker Bruce Kachuk	1:23
34	The Bullfinches nighthawks	2:26
35	God-Forgotten nighthawks	3:50
36	The Bedridden Peasant to an Unknowing God Agnes Robert Behr	1:51
37	By the Earth's Corpse nighthawks	2:17
38	Mute Opinion nighthawks	1:18
39	To an Unborn Pauper Child Agnes Robert Behr	2:13
40	To Flowers from Italy in Winter Bruce Kachuk	1:08
41	On a Fine Morning Amber H	0:54
42	To Lizbie Brown Alan Mapstone	2:36
43	Song of Hope Bruce Kachuk	1:15
44	The Well-Beloved Alan Mapstone	3:57
45	Her Reproach Winnifred Assmann	1:20
46	The Inconsistent Ronald Gardella	0:50
47	A Broken Appointment Alan Mapstone	1:18
48	"Between us now" Sydney M	0:54
49	"How great my Grief" Sydney M	0:36
50	"I need not go" Amber H	1:01
51	The Coquette and After Amber H	1:00
52	A Spot Amber H	1:06
53	Long Plighted Amber H	1:22
54	The Widow Carol Galbraith	2:01
55	At a Hasty Wedding nighthawks	1:02
56	The Dream Follower Alan Mapstone	0:45
57	His Immortality Ronald Gardella	0:56
58	The To-be-forgotten Inkell	1:40
59	Wives in the Sere nighthawks	1:21
60	The Superseded Winnifred Assmann	1:02
61	An August Midnight Mike Crampton	1:08
62	The Caged Thrush freed and Home Again Alan Mapstone	1:33
63	Birds at Winter Nightfall Alan Mapstone	0:52
64	The Puzzled Game-Birds Winnifred Assmann	0:46
65	Winter in Durnover Field Agnes Robert Behr	1:13
66	The Last Chrysanthemum Agnes Robert Behr	1:22
67	The Darkling Thrush Alan Mapstone	2:01
68	The Comet at Yalbury or Yell'ham Alan Mapstone	0:51
69	Mad Judy Mike Crampton	1:07
70	A Wasted Illness Inkell	1:31
71	A Man Winnifred Assmann	2:32
72	The Dame of Athelhall Winnifred Assmann	3:19
73	The Seasons of her Year Mike Crampton	0:54
74	The Milkmaid Winnifred Assmann	1:33
75	The Levelled Churchyard Mike Crampton	1:22
76	The Ruined Maid Winnifred Assmann	2:04
77	The Respectable Burgher on "the Higher Criticism" Nicole Wright	1:53
78	Architectural Masks Mike Crampton	1:05
79	The Tenant-for-Life Mike Crampton	1:33
80	The King's Experiment Alan Mapstone	3:02
81	The Tree: an Old Man's Story Carol Galbraith	3:00
82	Her Late Husband Winnifred Assmann	1:44
83	The Self-Unseeing Inkell	0:42
84	De Profundis or In Tenebris Alan Mapstone	7:05
85	The Church-Builder Mike Crampton	3:40
86	The Lost Pyx: a Mediaeval Legend Alan Mapstone	4:50
87	Tess's Lament Winnifred Assmann	2:36
88	The Supplanter: A Tale Algy Pug	4:33
89	IMITATIONS, ETC: Sapphic Fragment Alan Mapstone	0:52
90	Catullus: XXXI Algy Pug	1:18
91	After Schiller Alan Mapstone	0:39
92	Song: from Heine Alan Mapstone	0:56
93	From Victor Hugo Alan Mapstone	1:06
94	Cardinal Bembo's Epitaph on Raphael Alan Mapstone	0:34
95	RETROSPECT: "I Have Lived with Shades" Inkell	1:37
96	Memory and I Inkell	1:30
97	ἈΓΝΩΣΤΩι ΘΕΩι. Alan Mapstone	1:43