Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces

That ache for you, born long ago, / Throbs on; I never could outgrow it. / What a revenge, did you but know it! / But that, thank God, you do not know.Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces was published in 1914. The volume displays Hardy's mastery of poetic language and melodious phrases, as well as his views on British colonialism.