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
joy bells able
While the steeples are loud in their joy, To the tune of the bells' ring-a-ding, Let us chime in a peal, one and all, For we all should be able to sing Hullah baloo.
cutting form short-cuts
Apothegms form a short cut to much knowledge.
lakes swans swim
There's a double beauty whenever a swan Swims on a lake with her double thereon.
dog book taverns
My books kept me from the ring, the dog-pit, the tavern, and the saloon.
summer autumn sky
How bravely Autumn paints upon the sky The gorgeous fame of Summer which is fled!
christian sun charity
Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun!
men letters may
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.
book thieves
Boughs are daily rifled By the gusty thieves, And the book of Nature Getteth short of leaves.
sweet air swim
Dear bells! how sweet the sound of village bells When on the undulating air they swim!
names luck birth
A name, it has more than nominal worth, And belongs to good or bad luck at birth
country wenches
The cowslip is a country wench.
red corn poppies
Such a blush In the midst of brown was born, Like red poppies grown with corn.
inspirational red rags
With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread.
running sweet singing
Sweet are the little brooks that run O'er pebbles glancing in the sun, Singing in soothing tones.