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THE TEMPORARY THE ALL 1
AMABEL 4
HAP 7
“IN VISION I ROAMED” 9
AT A BRIDAL 11
POSTPONEMENT 13
A CONFESSION TO A FRIEND IN TROUBLE 15
NEUTRAL TONES 17
SHE 19
HER INITIALS 21
HER DILEMMA 23
REVULSION 27
SHE, TO HIM, I. 31
,, ,, II. 33
,, ,, III. 35
,, ,, IV. 37
DITTY 39
THE SERGEANT’S SONG 43
VALENCIENNES 45
SAN SEBASTIAN 51
THE STRANGER’S SONG 59
THE BURGHERS 61
LEIPZIG 67
THE PEASANT’S CONFESSION 79
THE ALARM 91
HER DEATH AND AFTER 103
THE DANCE AT THE PHŒNIX 115
THE CASTERBRIDGE CAPTAINS 125
A SIGN-SEEKER 129
MY CICELY 133
HER IMMORTALITY 143
THE IVY-WIFE 147
A MEETING WITH DESPAIR 149
UNKNOWING 153
FRIENDS BEYOND 155
TO OUTER NATURE 159
THOUGHTS OF PHENA 163
MIDDLE-AGE ENTHUSIASMS 167
IN A WOOD 169
TO A LADY 173
TO AN ORPHAN CHILD 175
NATURE’S QUESTIONING 177
THE IMPERCIPIENT 181
AT AN INN 187
THE SLOW NATURE 191
IN A EWELEAZE NEAR WEATHERBURY 195
THE FIRE AT TRANTER SWEATLEY’S 201
HEIRESS AND ARCHITECT 211
THE TWO MEN 217
LINES 223
“I LOOK INTO MY GLASS” 227
[Picture: Sketch of tower with sun-dial]