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So mayst thou live, dear! many years, In all the bliss that life endears

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Thomas Hood
Age: 45 †
Born: 1799
Born: May 23
Died: 1845
Died: May 3
Humorist
Poet
Writer
London
England
T. H.
Life
Mayst
Bliss
Birthday
Thou
Dear
Live
Many
Years
Endears

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She stood breast-high amid the corn Clasp'd by the golden light of morn, Like the sweetheart of the sun, Who many a glowing kiss had won.
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How bless'd the heart that has a friend. A sympathizing ear to lend.
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Such a blush In the midst of brown was born, Like red poppies grown with corn.
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I remember, I remember The roses, red and white, The violets, and the lily-cups, Those flowers made of light! The lilacs, where the robin built, And where my brother set The laburmum on his birthday,- The tree is living yet.
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And ye, who have met with Adversity's blast, And been bow'd to the earth by its fury To whom the Twelve Months, that have recently pass'd Were as harsh as a prejudiced jury - Still, fill to the Future! and join in our chime, The regrets of remembrance to cozen, And having obtained a New Trial of Time, Shout in hopes of a kindlier dozen.
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My books kept me from the ring, the dog-pit, the tavern, and the saloon.
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There is not a string attuned to mirth but has its chord of melancholy.
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Dear bells! how sweet the sound of village bells When on the undulating air they swim!
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Half of the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping.
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Spontaneously to God should turn the soul, Like the magnetic needle to the pole But what were that intrinsic virtue worth, Suppose some fellow, with more zeal than knowledge, Fresh from St. Andrew's College, Should nail the conscious needle to the north?
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A name, it has more than nominal worth, And belongs to good or bad luck at birth
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We watch'd her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro.
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Some dreams we have are nothing else but dreams, Unnatural and full of contradictions Yet others of our most romantic schemes, Are something more than fictions.
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The Quaker loves an ample brim, A hat that bows to no salaam And dear the beaver is to him As if it never made a dam.
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No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief.
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