Thomas Hood
Thomas Hood
Thomas Hoodwas an English poet, author and humourist, best known for poems such as "The Bridge of Sighs" and "The Song of the Shirt". Hood wrote regularly for The London Magazine, the Athenaeum, and Punch. He later published a magazine largely consisting of his own works. Hood, never robust, lapsed into invalidism by the age of 41 and died at the age of 45. William Michael Rossetti in 1903 called him "the finest English poet" between the generations of Shelley...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth23 May 1799
fingers heavy needle sat thread weary woman
With fingers weary and worn, / With eyelids heavy and red, / A woman sat in unwomanly rags, / Plying her needle and thread - / Stitch! stitch! stitch!
earth fill harsh hopes join jury met obtained prejudiced recently regrets trial twelve whom
And ye, who have met with Adversity's blast,And been bow'd to the earth by its fury;To whom the Twelve Months, that have recently pass'dWere as harsh as a prejudiced jury -Still, fill to the Future! and join in our chime,The regrets of remembrance to cozen,And having obtained a New Trial of Time,Shout in hopes of a kindlier dozen.
battle ben laid soldier took
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.
insipid sandwiches
Being used but sisterly salutes to feel, Insipid things - like sandwiches of veal
behind burn great leave letters men oft ought pages remind
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
country except mind polite signifies
I don't set up for being a cosmopolite, which to any mind signifies being polite to every country except your own
france repent unless
Never go to France - Unless you know the lingo, If you do like me, You will repent by jingo
gone lift weary
One more Unfortunate, / Weary of breath, / Rashly importunate, / Gone to her death. Take her up tenderly, / Lift her with care; / Fashioned so slenderly, / Young, and so fair!
garden grow organic tomatoes
I can't do as much as I used to, but I can still grow a little corn, tomatoes and some cucumbers in my organic garden out back.
convenient cook plan saves
It's very convenient and saves me from having to plan and cook meals.
leave second
For here I leave my second leg, / And the Forty-second Foot.
loving time winter
It was not in the winter / Our loving lot was cast! / It was the time of roses, / We plucked them as we passed!
dawn noon proper sun time
No sun - no moon! / No morn - no noon - / No dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day -
happiness
There is even a happiness - that makes the heart afraid.