[Hardy-l] the missing composition date of 3 of Hardy's poems

[Betty Cortus]

On Nov 24, 2008, at 7:15 AM, Nathalie Ba wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I cannot find the dates when Hardy wrote the following poems : "A  
> Poor Man and a Lady", "Tess's Lament" and "The Torn Letter". Could  
> anyone be of some help? Thanks so much in advance.
>
> Nathalie.

I don't have the actual dates of composition Natalie, but if the  
publication dates are of any use they are as follows.

"A Poor Man and a Lady" first published in 1925 in Human Shows .
"Tess's Lament" in 1902 in Poems of the Past and Present.
"The Torn Letter"  first printed in The English Review 1910, then  
with the last two stanzas revised in 1914 in Satires of Circumstance.

Betty
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