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For my part, getting up seems not so easy By half as lying.

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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.
Getting
Lying
Half
Easy
Part
Seems

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No sun, no moon, no morn, no noon, No dawn, no dusk, no proper time of day, . . . . . . No road, no street, no t' other side the way, . . . . . . No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no buds.
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Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun!
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How bless'd the heart that has a friend. A sympathizing ear to lend.
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Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine!
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The Autumn is old The sere leaves are flying He hath gather'd up gold, And now he is dying- Old age, begin sighing!
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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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How bravely Autumn paints upon the sky The gorgeous fame of Summer which is fled!
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When he is forsaken, Withered and shaken, What can an old man do but die?
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I love thee - I love thee, 'Tis all that I can say, It is my vision in the night, My dreaming in the day.
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There's a double beauty whenever a swan Swims on a lake with her double thereon.
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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.
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Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther.
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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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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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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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