Christmastide
The rain-shafts splintered on me
As despondently I strode;
The twilight gloomed upon me
And bleared the blank high-road.
Each bush gave forth, when blown on
By gusts in shower and shower,
A sigh, as it were sown on
In handfuls by a sower.
A cheerful voice called, nigh me,
"A merry Christmas, friend !" —
There rose a figure by me,
Walking with townward trend,
A sodden tramp's, who, breaking
Into thin song, bore straight
Ahead, direction taking
Toward the Casuals' gate.
I thought this poem was by Hardy, that's what my note reads. But now I can't find any record of it on the net at all!
It is by Hardy merry 
Then & Now Thomas Hardy
Thanks Babs 
and a very Happy Christmas to you! 