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Thomas Hood
67 quotes
“His death which happened in his berth, At forty-odd befell: They went and told the sexton, and The sexton tolled the bell.”
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Recorded in: Faithless Sally Brown, st. 17 (1826).
“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.”
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Recorded in: I Remember, I Remember, st. 1 (1827).
“I remember, I remember The fir-trees dark and high; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky: It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy To know I'm farther off from Heaven Than when I was a boy.”
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“And there is ev'n a happiness That makes the heart afraid!”
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Recorded in: Ode to Melancholy, st. 6 (1827).
“There's not a string attuned to mirth But has its chord in melancholy.”
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“But evil is wrought by want of thought, As well as want of heart.”
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Recorded in: The Lady's Dream, st. 16 (1827).
“I saw old Autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like Silence, listening To silence.”
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Recorded in: Ode. Autmn, st. 1 (1827).
“Straight down the Crooked Lane, And all round the Square.”
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“Never go to France Unless you know the lingo, If you do, like me, You will repent, by jingo.”
Thomas Hood (1799–1845) first seen 1839 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: French and English, st. 1 (1839).
“For my part, getting up seems not so easy By half as lying.”
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Recorded in: Morning Meditations (1839).
“A man that's fond precociously of stirring, Must be a spoon.”
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Recorded in: Morning Meditations (1839), St. 10.
“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!”
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“Seem'd washing his hands with invisible soap In imperceptible water.”
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Recorded in: Miss Kilmansegg and Her Precious Leg. Her Christening, st. 10 (1841-1843).
“Oh bed! oh bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head.”
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“He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, Tormenting himself with his prickles.”
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Recorded in: Miss Kilmansegg and Her Precious Leg. Her Dream (Part the Third, 1840).
“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!”
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Recorded in: The Bridge of Sighs (1844), st. 1-2.
“Alas! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun!”
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Recorded in: The Bridge of Sighs (1844), st. 9.
“Even God's providence Seeming estranged.”
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Recorded in: The Bridge of Sighs (1844).
“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.”
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Recorded in: Ode Imitated from Horace (1844), st. 2.
“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.”
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“Sewing at once a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt.”
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“No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief.”
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“My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread.”
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“Work! work! work! While the cock is crowing aloof! And work—work—work, Till the stars shine through the roof!”
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“Oh, Men, with Sisters dear! Oh, Men, with Mothers and Wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives!”
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“Oh, God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap!”
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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.”
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“And lo! the universal air Seemed lit with ghastly flame; Ten thousand thousand dreadful eyes Were looking down in blame.”
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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!”
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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.”
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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.”
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Recorded in: Sonnet, Silence; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro.”
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Recorded in: The Death-Bed; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“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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Recorded in: The Death-Bed; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“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.”
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Recorded in: Ruth; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Thus she stood amid the stooks, Praising God with sweetest looks.”
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Recorded in: Ruth; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“When he is forsaken, Withered and shaken, What can an old man do but die?”
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Recorded in: Spring it is cheery; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“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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Recorded in: A Table of Errata; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“There's a double beauty whenever a swan Swims on a lake with her double thereon.”
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Recorded in: Her Honeymoon; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Home-made dishes that drive one from home.”
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Recorded in: Her Honeymoon; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold.”
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Recorded in: Her Moral; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Spurned by the young, but hugged by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould.”
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Recorded in: Her Moral; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“How widely its agencies vary,— To save, to ruin, to curse, to bless,— As even its minted coins express, Now stamped with the image of Good Queen Bess, And now of a Bloody Mary.”
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Recorded in: Her Moral; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Another tumble! That's his precious nose!”
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Recorded in: Parental Ode to my infant Son; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Boughs are daily rifled By the gusty thieves, And the book of Nature Getteth short of leaves.”
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Recorded in: The Season; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“A wife who preaches in her gown, And lectures in her night-dress.”
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Recorded in: The Surplice Question; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Peace and rest at length have come All the day's long toil is past, And each heart is whispering, "Home, Home at last.”
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Recorded in: Home at last; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“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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Recorded in: Faithless Nellie Gray; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Pity it is to slay the meanest thing.”
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Recorded in: Plea of the Midsummer Fairies; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“No solemn sanctimonious face I pull, Nor think I'm pious when I'm only bilious; Nor study in my sanctum supercilious, To frame a Sabbath Bill or forge a Bull.”
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Recorded in: Ode to Rae Wilson; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“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.”
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Recorded in: Ode to Rae Wilson; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).