The purpose of this paper is to trace the universal metta (compassion) in the poetry of Thoams Hardy, focusing particularly on loving-kindness for all of Nature`s creatures from the universality of his vision. For Hardy, our only hope is that loving-kindness (he uses repeatedly) would spread among the peoples of the world and we would realize that we are all members of one family, one community. As James Gibson pointed, Hardy`s writing is characterized by his evident compassion and sympathy for other. One of Hardy`s own virtues was his life-long respect and consideration for all living creatures. In "An August Midnight", Hardy shows no impatience although the longlegs, the moth, and the fly invade his desk and besmear his new-penned line. The sleepy fly is greeted as his guest. "Afterwards" celebrates Hardy`s "hawk vision" but also his kindness, and his recognition, like Jude, of how little can be done to protect the vulnerable and exploited from the cruelty of the natural law. Hardy`s loving-kindness was most tenderly evoked by his sympathy for animals those who had been kind to him. One such was his beloved dog, Wessex. In particular, the pain from the death of his own well-beloved, Emma Lavinia Gifford, gave rise to some of the most beautiful love poetry, full of the most tender reminiscences in March 1870. Vicarious suffering is the highest ideal of the Buddha`s compassion. In this vein, Hardy holds that the monistic feeling of the oneness of all life and universal pain should be the basis of morality in a world deserted by God.