Victorian age is the age full of fundamental changes in the society.At this turning of times,many poets spoke out their anxiety about this world,like Alfred Tennyson and Matthew Arnold,their poems express their anxiety and helpness about the new world and their sadness and loneliness about the loss of the old world.Certaintly there are also some poets like Thomas Hardy who were more ready to face the new world soberly and accepted the reality directly.Probably they alredy realized the coming of the new world could not be stopped anyway.These are the voices at the turning of the times.The aim of this essay is to find out such voices by doing a comparative study on the three poets and their poems Victorian age is the age full of fundamental changes in the society. At this turning of times, many poets spoke their their anxiety about this world, like Alfred Tennyson and Matthew Arnold, their poems express their anxiety and helpness about the new world and their sadness and loneliness about the loss of the old world.Certaintly there are also some poets like Thomas Hardy who were more ready to face the new world soberly and accepted the reality directly. Probably they alredy realized the coming the new world could not be stopped anyway These are the voices at the turning of the times. Aim of this essay is to find out such voices by doing a comparative study on the three poets and their poems