Thomas Hood quotes

And there is ev'n a happiness That makes the heart afraid! (Thomas Hood)
I saw old Autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like Silence, listening To silence. View quote
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We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. View quote
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When he is forsaken, Withered and shaken, What can an old man do but die? View quote
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I remember, I remember The fir-trees dark and high; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky: It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy To know I'm farther off from Heaven Than when I was a boy. View quote
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A man that's fond precociously of stirring, Must be a spoon. View quote
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There's not a string attuned to mirth But has its chord in melancholy. View quote
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For my part, getting up seems not so easy By half as lying. View quote
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How widely its agencies vary,- To save, to ruin, to curse, to bless,- As even its minted coins express, Now stamped with the image of Good Queen Bess, And now of a Bloody Mary. View quote
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Boughs are daily rifled By the gusty thieves, And the book of Nature Getteth short of leaves. View quote
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Oh, Men, with Sisters dear! Oh, Men, with Mothers and Wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives! (Thomas Hood)
What joy have I in June's return? My feet are parched-my eyeballs burn, I scent no flowery gust; But faint the flagging Zephyr springs, With dry Macadam on its wings, And turns me "dust to dust." View quote
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Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied; We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. View quote
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Oh would I were dead now, Or up in my bed now, To cover my head now, And have a good cry! View quote
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My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread. View quote
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But evil is wrought by want of thought, As well as want of heart. View quote
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Pity it is to slay the meanest thing. View quote
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Oh bed! oh bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head. View quote
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He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, Tormenting himself with his prickles. View quote
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Alas! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun! View quote
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Peace and rest at length have come All the day's long toil is past, And each heart is whispering, "Home, Home at last." (Thomas Hood)
There's a double beauty whenever a swan Swims on a lake with her double thereon. View quote
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There is a silence where hath been no sound, There is a silence where no sound may be,- In the cold grave, under the deep, deep sea, Or in the wide desert where no life is found. View quote
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Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms. View quote
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Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold. View quote
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