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- ↑ D. Wright ed., Thomas Hardy: Selected Poems (Penguin 1978) p. 442
- ↑ I. Ousby ed., The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (Cambridge 1993) p. 943
- ↑ N. Wenborn, Reading Thomas Hardy (2012) p. 52
- ↑ I. Ousby ed., The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (Cambridge 1993) p. 943
- ↑ T. & F. Hardy, Thomas Hardy (Ware 2007) p. 419-20
- ↑ D. Wright ed., Thomas Hardy: Selected Poems (Penguin 1978) p. 442
- ↑ I. Ousby ed., The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (Cambridge 1993) p. 943
- ↑ M. Seymour-Smith, Thomas Hardy (London 1994) p. 307 and p. 682
