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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.
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I saw old Autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like silence, listening To silence, for no lonely bird would sing Into his hollow ear from woods forlorn, Nor lowly hedge nor solitary thorn- Shaking his languid locks all dewy bright With tangled gossamer that fell by night, Pearling his coronet of golden corn.
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Well, something must be done for May, The time is drawing nigh-- To figure in the Catalogue, And woo the public eye. Something I must invent and paint But oh my wit is not Like one of those kind substantives That answer Who and What?
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Whoe'er has gone thro' London street, Has seen a butcher gazing at his meat, And how he keeps Gloating upon a sheep's Or bullock's personals, as if his own How he admires his halves And quarters--and his calves, As if in truth upon his own legs grown.
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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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O bed! O bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head.
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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.
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I saw old autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like silence, listening To silence.
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Such a blush In the midst of brown was born, Like red poppies grown with corn.
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The lily is all in white, like a saint, And so is no mate for me.
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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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So mayst thou live, dear! many years, In all the bliss that life 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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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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No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief.
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Half of the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping.
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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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To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind.
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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!
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Bells are musics laughter.
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While the steeples are loud in their joy, To the tune of the bells' ring-a-ding, Let us chime in a peal, one and all, For we all should be able to sing Hullah baloo.
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