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- ↑ I. Ousby ed, The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (Cambridge 1995) p. 460
- ↑ J. C/ Brown, A Journey into Thomas Hardy's Poetry (London 1989) p. 241
- ↑ D. Wright ed., Thomas Hardy: Selected Poems (Penguin 1978) p. 450
- ↑ J. C. Brown, A Journey into Thomas Hardy's Poetry (London 1989) p. 211-2
- ↑ I. Ousby ed, The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (Cambridge 1995) p. 460
- ↑ M. Seymour-Smith, Thomas Hardy (London 1994) p. 460=1
- ↑ J. C. Brown, A Journey into Thomas Hardy's Poetry (London 1989) p. 118
