Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses

A collection of verse penned by Hardy, English novelist and poet of the naturalist movement. "Time Laughingstocks", a collection of bleakly tragic verses unflinchingly showing Hardy's signature pessimism; "More Love Lyrics", which is self-explanatory and contains some of Hardy's best writing on a subject he excelled at, though the depiction is unsurprisingly dark; "A Set of Country Songs", ballads and ballad-like poems set in Hardy's customary Wessex; and "Pieces Occasional and Various", a catch-all section with both personal and philosophical poems.