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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.

  Thomas Hood

  Dream, Most Romantic, Fiction

  Thomas Hood (1854). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood”, p.248

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• And there is even a happiness That makes the heart afraid.

  Thomas Hood

  Heart

  Thomas Hood (1860). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood”, p.163

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• It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy To know I'm further off from heaven Than when I was a boy.

  Thomas Hood

  Ignorance, Boys, Joy

  Thomas Hood (1859). “The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hood: With a Biographical Sketch and Notes”, p.179

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• Fuss is the froth of business.

  Thomas Hood

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• A moment's thinking is an hour in words.

  Thomas Hood

  Wisdom, Thinking, Moments

  Thomas Hood (1860). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood”, p.63

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• Oh! God! That bread should be so dear, and flesh and blood so cheap!

  Thomas Hood

  Struggle, Blood, Flesh

  'The Song of the Shirt' (1843)

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• But evil is wrought by want of thought, As well as want of heart!

  Thomas Hood

  Heart, Evil, Atheism

  'The Lady's Dream'

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• My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread.

  Thomas Hood

  Tears, Thread, Needles

  Thomas Hood (1859). “The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hood: With a Biographical Sketch and Notes”, p.149

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• Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine!

  Thomas Hood

  Love, Valentines Day, Art

  Thomas Hood (1857). “The poetical works of Thomas Hood”, p.225

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• A certain portion of the human race has certainly a taste for being diddled.

  Thomas Hood

  Race, Atheism, Taste

  Thomas Hood (1860). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood”, p.407

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• The cowslip is a country wench.

  Thomas Hood

  Country, Wenches

  Thomas Hood (1859). “The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hood: With a Biographical Sketch and Notes”, p.213

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• The year's in wane; There is nothing adorning; The night has no eve, And the day has no morning; Cold winter gives warning!

  Thomas Hood

  Morning, Fall, Winter

  Thomas Hood (1864). “Poetical Works. --”, p.159

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• O men with sisters dear, O men with mothers and wives, It is not linen you 're wearing out, But human creatures' lives!

  Thomas Hood

  Sister, Mother, Men

  'The Song of the Shirt' (1843)

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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.

  Thomas Hood

  Lonely, Autumn, Night

  Thomas Hood (2016). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hood (Illustrated)”, p.296, Delphi Classics

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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.

  Thomas Hood

  Birthday, Brother, Flower

  Thomas Hood (2016). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hood (Illustrated)”, p.306, Delphi Classics

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• A man that's fond precociously of stirring , :;:; Must be a spoon.

  Thomas Hood

  Men, Spoons, Action

  Thomas Hood (1860). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood”, p.290

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• Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun!

  Thomas Hood

  Christian, Atheism, Charity

  Thomas Hood (1845). “Prose and Verse”, p.203

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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.

  Thomas Hood

  Life, Sea, Silence

  "Silence" l. 1 (1827)

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• My books kept me from the ring, the dog-pit, the tavern, and the saloon.

  Thomas Hood

  Dog, Book, Reading

  Thomas Hood (1860). “Memorials of Thomas Hood, 2: Illustrated with Copies from His Own Sketches”, p.154

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• There's a double beauty whenever a swan
  Swims on a lake with her double thereon.

  Thomas Hood

  Lakes, Swans, Swim

  Thomas Hood (1861). “Poems ... Thirteenth edition”, p.159

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• The biggest bore of all is he who is overflowing with congratulations

  Thomas Hood

  Congratulations, Bores

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• When he is forsaken, Withered and shaken, What can an old man do but die?

  Thomas Hood

  Men, Age, Old Man

  Thomas Hood (1860). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood”, p.145

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• Jasmine is sweet, and has many loves.

  Thomas Hood

  Sweet, Jasmine

  Thomas Hood (1859). “The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hood: With a Biographical Sketch and Notes”, p.213

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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.

  Thomas Hood

  War, Soldier, Battle

  'Faithless Nelly Gray'

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• Whilst breezy waves toss up their silvery spray.

  Thomas Hood

  Ocean, Toss, Wave

  Thomas Hood (2016). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hood (Illustrated)”, p.313, Delphi Classics

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