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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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• 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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• 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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• Fuss is the froth of business.

  Thomas Hood

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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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• Tis like the birthday of the world,
  When earth was born in bloom;
  The light is made of many dyes,
  The air is all perfume:
  There's crimson buds, and white and blue,
  The very rainbow showers
  Have turned to blossoms where they fell,
  And sown the earth with flowers.

  Thomas Hood

  Spring, Flower, White

  Thomas Hood (1860). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood”, p.176

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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.

  Thomas Hood

  Flower, Butterfly, Moon

  Thomas Hood, “No!”

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

  Thomas Hood

  Congratulations, Bores

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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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• The Autumn is old; The sere leaves are flying; He hath gather'd up gold, And now he is dying;- Old age, begin sighing!

  Thomas Hood

  Autumn, Flying, Gold

  Thomas Hood (1858). “Poems ... Tenth edition”, p.375

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• 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.'

  Thomas Hood

  Spring, June, Dust

  Thomas Hood (1866). “The poetical works of Thomas Hood”, p.488

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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.

  Thomas Hood

  Joy, Bells, Able

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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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• 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.

  Thomas Hood

  Life, Night, Breathing

  Thomas Hood (1871). “The poetical works of Thomas Hood, ed. by W.M. Rossetti”, p.258

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