Thomas Hood quotes - page 2

Oh, God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap! (Thomas Hood)
No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief. View quote
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She stood breast-high amid the corn Clasped by the golden light of morn, Like the sweetheart of the sun, Who many a glowing kiss had won. View quote
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That very night while gentle sleep The urchin's eyelids kissed, Two stern-faced men set out from Lynn, Through the cold and heavy mist; And Eugene Aram walked between, With gyves upon his wrist. View quote
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One more Unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate, Gone to her death! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; Fashion'd so slenderly Young, and so fair! View quote
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Each cloud-capt mountain is a holy altar; An organ breathes in every grove; And the full heart 's a Psalter, Rich in deep hymn of gratitude and love. View quote
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Seem'd washing his hands with invisible soap In imperceptible water. View quote
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Even God's providence Seeming estranged. View quote
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Tis strange how like a very dunce, Man, with his bumps upon his sconce, Has lived so long, and yet no knowledge he Has had, till lately, of Phrenology- A science that by simple dint of Head-combing he should find a hint of, When scratching o'er those little pole-hills The faculties throw up like mole hills. View quote
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To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind. View quote
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There are three things which the public will always clamor for, sooner or later: namely, novelty, novelty, novelty. (Thomas Hood)
Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine! View quote
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Spurned by the young, but hugged by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould. View quote
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Twas in the prime of summer-time An evening calm and cool, And four-and-twenty happy boys Came bounding out of school: There were some that ran and some that leapt, Like troutlets in a pool. View quote
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His death which happened in his berth, At forty-odd befell: They went and told the sexton, and The sexton tolled the bell. View quote
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Straight down the Crooked Lane, And all round the Square. View quote
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And lo! the universal air Seemed lit with ghastly flame; Ten thousand thousand dreadful eyes Were looking down in blame. View quote
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Never go to France Unless you know the lingo, If you do, like me, You will repent, by jingo. View quote
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A wife who preaches in her gown, And lectures in her night-dress. View quote
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My head was like an ardent coal, My heart as solid ice; My wretched, wretched soul, I knew, Was at the Devil's price: A dozen times I groaned: the dead Had never groaned but twice! View quote
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I remember, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn; He never came a wink too soon Nor brought too long a day; But now, I often wish the night Had borne my breath away. (Thomas Hood)
With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread- Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch She sang the "Song of the Shirt.”. View quote
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Home-made dishes that drive one from home. View quote
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Thus she stood amid the stooks, Praising God with sweetest looks. View quote
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No sun-no moon-no morn-no noon, No dawn-no dusk-no proper time of day, No warmth-no cheerfulness-no healthful ease, No road, no street, no t' other side the way, No comfortable feel in any member- No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds, November! View quote
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