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Thomas Hood quotes: When Eve upon the first of MenThe apple press'd with specious cant,Oh! what a thousand pities thenThat Adam was not adamant! When Eve upon the first of Men
The apple press'd with specious cant,
Oh! what a thousand pities then
That Adam was not adamant!
Thomas Hood quotes: The lily is all in white, like a saint, And so is no mate for me. The lily is all in white, like a saint, And so is no mate for me.
Thomas Hood quotes: There is even a happiness - that makes the heart afraid. There is even a happiness - that makes the heart afraid.
Thomas Hood quotes: 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. 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 quotes: No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief. No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief.
Thomas Hood quotes: Some sigh for this and that; My wishes don't go far; The world may wag at will, So I have my cigar. Some sigh for this and that; My wishes don't go far; The world may wag at will, So I have my cigar.
Thomas Hood quotes: The Autumn is old; The sere leaves are flying; He hath gather'd up gold, And now he is dying;- Old age, begin sighing! 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 quotes: 'Extremes meet', as the whiting said with its tail in its mouth. 'Extremes meet', as the whiting said with its tail in its mouth.
Thomas Hood quotes: As for my feet, the little feetYou used to call so pretty,There's one, I know, in Bedford Row,The t'other's in the City. As for my feet, the little feet
You used to call so pretty,
There's one, I know, in Bedford Row,
The t'other's in the City.
Thomas Hood quotes: Frost is the greatest artist in our clime - he paints in nature and describes in rime. Frost is the greatest artist in our clime - he paints in nature and describes in rime.
Thomas Hood quotes: What is a modern poet's fate? / To write his thoughts upon a slate; / The critic spits on what is done, / Gives it a wipe - and all What is a modern poet's fate? / To write his thoughts upon a slate; / The critic spits on what is done, / Gives it a wipe - and all is gone.
Thomas Hood quotes: Apothegms form a short cut to much knowledge. Apothegms form a short cut to much knowledge.
Thomas Hood quotes: O men with sisters dear, O men with mothers and wives, It is not linen you 're wearing out, But human creatures' lives! 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 quotes: For man may pious texts repeat, And yet religion have no inward seat For man may pious texts repeat, And yet religion have no inward seat
Thomas Hood quotes: But evil is wrought by want of thought, As well as want of heart! But evil is wrought by want of thought, As well as want of heart!
Thomas Hood quotes: 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. 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.
Thomas Hood quotes: Dear bells! how sweet the sound of village bells When on the undulating air they swim! Dear bells! how sweet the sound of village bells When on the undulating air they swim!
Thomas Hood quotes: He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, Tormenting himself with his prickles. He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, Tormenting himself with his prickles.
Thomas Hood quotes: 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. 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.
Thomas Hood quotes: My books kept me from the ring, the dog-pit, the tavern, and the saloon. My books kept me from the ring, the dog-pit, the tavern, and the saloon.
Thomas Hood quotes: There are three things which the public will always clamor for, sooner or later: namely, novelty, novelty, novelty. There are three things which the public will always clamor for, sooner or later: namely, novelty, novelty, novelty.
Thomas Hood quotes: The best of friends fall out, and so his teeth had done some years ago. The best of friends fall out, and so his teeth had done some years ago.
Thomas Hood quotes: A moment's thinking is an hour in words. A moment's thinking is an hour in words.
Thomas Hood quotes: There is not a string attuned to mirth but has its chord of melancholy. There is not a string attuned to mirth but has its chord of melancholy.
Thomas Hood quotes: It was not in the winterOur loving lot was cast!It was the time of roses,We plucked them as we passed! It was not in the winter
Our loving lot was cast!
It was the time of roses,
We plucked them as we passed!
Thomas Hood quotes: I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence. I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence.
Thomas Hood quotes: Peace and rest at length have comeAll the day's long toil is past,And each heart is whispering, 'Home,Home at last. Peace and rest at length have come
All the day's long toil is past,
And each heart is whispering, 'Home,
Home at last.
Thomas Hood quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Comfort and indolence are cronies. Comfort and indolence are cronies.
Thomas Hood quotes: For my part, getting up seems not so easy By half as lying. For my part, getting up seems not so easy By half as lying.
Thomas Hood quotes: Experience enables me to depose to the comfort and blessing that literature can prove in seasons of sickness and sorrow. Experience enables me to depose to the comfort and blessing that literature can prove in seasons of sickness and sorrow.
Thomas Hood quotes: Father of rosy day, No more thy clouds of incense rise; But waking flow'rs, At morning hours, Give out their sweets to meet thee in the skies. Father of rosy day, No more thy clouds of incense rise; But waking flow'rs, At morning hours, Give out their sweets to meet thee in the skies.
Thomas Hood quotes: Fuss is the froth of business. Fuss is the froth of business.
Thomas Hood quotes: To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind. To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind.
Thomas Hood quotes: There's a double beauty whenever a swan Swims on a lake with her double thereon. There's a double beauty whenever a swan
Swims on a lake with her double thereon.
Thomas Hood quotes: A certain portion of the human race has certainly a taste for being diddled. A certain portion of the human race has certainly a taste for being diddled.
Thomas Hood quotes: My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread. My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread.
Thomas Hood quotes: Lives of great men oft remind us as we o'er their pages turn, That we too may leave behind us - Letters that we ought to burn. Lives of great men oft remind us as we o'er their pages turn, That we too may leave behind us - Letters that we ought to burn.
Thomas Hood quotes: How bravely Autumn paints upon the sky The gorgeous fame of Summer which is fled! How bravely Autumn paints upon the sky The gorgeous fame of Summer which is fled!
Thomas Hood quotes: Oh would I were dead now, Or up in my bed now, To cover my head now, And have a good cry! Oh would I were dead now, Or up in my bed now, To cover my head now, And have a good cry!
Thomas Hood quotes: How bless'd the heart that has a friend. A sympathizing ear to lend. How bless'd the heart that has a friend. A sympathizing ear to lend.
Thomas Hood quotes: 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. 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.
Thomas Hood quotes: Whilst breezy waves toss up their silvery spray. Whilst breezy waves toss up their silvery spray.
Thomas Hood quotes: The year's in wane; There is nothing adorning; The night has no eve, And the day has no morning; Cold winter gives warning! 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 quotes: When he is forsaken, Withered and shaken, What can an old man do but die? When he is forsaken, Withered and shaken, What can an old man do but die?
Thomas Hood quotes: With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread.
Thomas Hood quotes: Pity it is to slay the meanest thing. Pity it is to slay the meanest thing.
Thomas Hood quotes: Bells are musics laughter. Bells are musics laughter.
Thomas Hood quotes: Coquetry is the champagne of love. Coquetry is the champagne of love.
Thomas Hood quotes: The cowslip is a country wench. The cowslip is a country wench.
Thomas Hood quotes: Jasmine is sweet, and has many loves. Jasmine is sweet, and has many loves.
Thomas Hood quotes: A man that's fond precociously of stirring , :;:; Must be a spoon. A man that's fond precociously of stirring , :;:; Must be a spoon.
Thomas Hood quotes: Such a blush In the midst of brown was born, Like red poppies grown with corn. Such a blush In the midst of brown was born, Like red poppies grown with corn.
Thomas Hood quotes: I resolved that, like the sun, as long as my day lasted, I would look on the bright side of everything. I resolved that, like the sun, as long as my day lasted, I would look on the bright side of everything.
Thomas Hood quotes: Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun! Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun!
Thomas Hood quotes: Half of the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping. Half of the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping.
Thomas Hood quotes: We thought her dying whilst she slept,And sleeping when she died. We thought her dying whilst she slept,
And sleeping when she died.
Thomas Hood quotes: I love thee - I love thee,'Tis all that I can say,It is my vision in the night,My dreaming in the day. I love thee - I love thee,
'Tis all that I can say,
It is my vision in the night,
My dreaming in the day.
Thomas Hood quotes: A name, it has more than nominal worth, And belongs to good or bad luck at birth A name, it has more than nominal worth, And belongs to good or bad luck at birth
Thomas Hood quotes: Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine! Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine!
Thomas Hood quotes: What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind. What is the soul? It is immaterial. What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind. What is the soul? It is immaterial.
Thomas Hood quotes: The biggest bore of all is he who is overflowing with congratulations The biggest bore of all is he who is overflowing with congratulations
Thomas Hood quotes: Sweet are the little brooks that run O'er pebbles glancing in the sun, Singing in soothing tones. Sweet are the little brooks that run O'er pebbles glancing in the sun, Singing in soothing tones.
Thomas Hood quotes: When was ever honey made with one bee in a hive? When was ever honey made with one bee in a hive?
Thomas Hood quotes: Boughs are daily rifled By the gusty thieves, And the book of Nature Getteth short of leaves. Boughs are daily rifled By the gusty thieves, And the book of Nature Getteth short of leaves.
Thomas Hood quotes: My brain is dull, my sight is foul,I cannot write a verse, or readThen, Pallas, take away thine Owl,And let us have a lark instead. My brain is dull, my sight is foul,
I cannot write a verse, or read
Then, Pallas, take away thine Owl,
And let us have a lark instead.
Thomas Hood quotes: So mayst thou live, dear! many years,In all the bliss that life endears So mayst thou live, dear! many years,
In all the bliss that life endears
Thomas Hood quotes: O bed! O bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head. O bed! O bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head.
Thomas Hood quotes: Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold! Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
Thomas Hood quotes: Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther. Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther.

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