Thomas Hood
Poet
1799-05-23
Quotes by Thomas Hood
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Peace and rest at length have comeAll the day's long toil is past,And each heart is whispering, 'Home,Home at last.
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I saw old Autumn in the misty mornStand shadowless like silence, listeningTo silence, for no lonely bird would singInto his hollow ear from woods forlorn,Nor lowly hedge nor solitary thorn; --Shaking his languid locks all dewy brightWith tangled gossamer that fell by night,Pearling his coronet of golden corn.
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Peace and rest at length have comeAll the day's long toil is past,And each heart is whispering, 'Home,Home at last.
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I saw old Autumn in the misty mornStand shadowless like silence, listeningTo silence, for no lonely bird would singInto his hollow ear from woods forlorn,Nor lowly hedge nor solitary thorn; --Shaking his languid locks all dewy brightWith tangled gossamer that fell by night,Pearling his coronet of golden corn.
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'Extremes meet', as the whiting said with its tail in its mouth.
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Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine!
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To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind.
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Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther.
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Oh! God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap!
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