First published in 1901, this was Hardy's second collection of poetry and contains some of most-loved poems. such as 'The Drummer' (Drummer Hodge), 'Shelley's Skylark', 'At a Lunar Eclipse', 'To an Unborn Pauper Child', 'The Darkling Thrush' and 'The Ruined Maid'. The first section of this collection 'War Poems', although probably inspired by the Boer Wars, seems, in its tone of sadness and desolation, remarkably prophetic of the First World War. For lovers of Hardy, this is a must-read collecti...