" That poem describes Parson Thirdly, who wished he had stuck to pipes and beer, and describes people thinking it was Judgment Day due to the title noisy phenomenon.  
The speaker of one work by this man is "half-eased" and "steeled by the sense of ire unmerited," and asks "And why unblooms the best hope ever sown?" That poem's speaker bemoans "Crass Casualty obstructs the sun and rain, and dicing Time for gladness casts a moan." In that work by this author, the speaker finds relief in the supposition that "a Powerfuller than I had willed and meted me the tears I shed," for he wishes that it speaks "Know that thy sorrow is my ecstasy." Another religiously-themed poem by this man features God saying "Ha, ha. It will be warmer when I blow the trumpet (if indeed I ever do.)" That poem describes Parson Thirdly, who wished he had stuck to pipes and beer, and describes people thinking it was Judgment Day due to the title noisy phenomenon.  For 10 points, identify this author of "Hap" and "Channel Firing," who also wrote The Return of the Native.
The speaker of one work by this man is "half-eased" and "steeled by the sense of ire unmerited," and asks "And why unblooms the best hope ever sown?"
Thomas Hardy