The poetical works of Thomas Hood, ed. by W.M. Rossetti1871 |
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... turn of predominance after the subsiding of the great poetic wave which filled the last years of the eighteenth and the first quarter of the nineteenth century in our country , in Burns , Scott , Coleridge , Wordsworth , Landor , Byron ...
... turn of predominance after the subsiding of the great poetic wave which filled the last years of the eighteenth and the first quarter of the nineteenth century in our country , in Burns , Scott , Coleridge , Wordsworth , Landor , Byron ...
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... turn for the worse ; he never afterwards rallied very effectually , though the fluctua tions were numerous- - ( in November 1838 , for instance , he fancied that a radical improvement had suddenly taken place ) —and at times the danger ...
... turn for the worse ; he never afterwards rallied very effectually , though the fluctua tions were numerous- - ( in November 1838 , for instance , he fancied that a radical improvement had suddenly taken place ) —and at times the danger ...
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... turn'd fragrance in his breath , Kiss'd by sad Zephyr , guilty of his death . " The widow'd primrose weeping to the moon And Saffron crocus in whose chalice bright A cool libation hoarded for the noon Is kept - and she that purifies the ...
... turn'd fragrance in his breath , Kiss'd by sad Zephyr , guilty of his death . " The widow'd primrose weeping to the moon And Saffron crocus in whose chalice bright A cool libation hoarded for the noon Is kept - and she that purifies the ...
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... reflect their grief aside , Turning their solemn looks to half a smile- Like a straight stick shown crooked in the tide ; - But soon a novel advocate I spied . B Quoth he- " We teach all natures to fulfil Their MIDSUMMER FAIRIES . 17.
... reflect their grief aside , Turning their solemn looks to half a smile- Like a straight stick shown crooked in the tide ; - But soon a novel advocate I spied . B Quoth he- " We teach all natures to fulfil Their MIDSUMMER FAIRIES . 17.
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... turn The thread - worn rivulet , that all forsook The Naiad - lily , pining for her brook . " Wherefore , by thy delight in cool green meads , With living sapphires daintily inlaid , — In all soft songs of waters and their reeds , - And ...
... turn The thread - worn rivulet , that all forsook The Naiad - lily , pining for her brook . " Wherefore , by thy delight in cool green meads , With living sapphires daintily inlaid , — In all soft songs of waters and their reeds , - And ...
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began bird blood bloom bow'd breath bright brow call'd cheek clouds cold cried dance dark dead dear Death doth dream earth eyes face fair fairy fancy fear flowers gaze gentle gloomy gold Golden Leg grave green Gretna Green grief hand hath head heart heaven Hood Hood's horrid horse Huggins human John Hamilton Reynolds John Huggins light limb living look look'd Lycus maid Meanwhile merry Miss Kilmansegg moon morning Nelly Gray never night o'er once Otto of Roses perchance Peter Stone poor Quoth raining music rose round Sally Brown seem'd shade shine sighs sing sleep song soon sorrow soul stamp'd stept stood sweet tears tender thee There's thing Thomas Hood thou thought thro took tree turn turn'd Twas wave weep Whilst wild William dear WILLIAM MICHAEL ROSSETTI wings
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Page 179 - Work - work work Till the brain begins to swim! Work - work - work Till the eyes are heavy and dim! Seam , and gusset , and band , Band , and gusset , and seam , Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream! "O men with sisters dear! O men with mothers and wives! It is not linen you're wearing out , But human creatures
Page 179 - 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, — Would that its tone could reach the Rich ! She sang this " Song of the Shirt !
Page 378 - But I must also feel it as a man: I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me. Did heaven look on, And would not take their part? Sinful Macduff, They were all struck for thee!
Page 94 - For over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted I PART II.
Page xxxiii - 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! "Look at her garments Clinging like cerements; Whilst the wave constantly Drips from her clothing; Take her up instantly, Loving, not loathing. 'Touch her not scornfully; Think of her mournfully, Gently and humanly; Not of the stains of her,— All...
Page 194 - 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 wide desert where no life is found, Which hath been mute, and still must sleep profound ; No voice is hushed — no life treads silently, But clouds and cloudy shadows wander free, That never spoke, over the idle ground : But in green ruins, in the desolate walls Of antique palaces, where Man hath been, Though the dun fox, or wild...
Page 95 - O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted!
Page 183 - Work, work, work! From weary chime to chime ; Work, work, work, As prisoners work for crime : Band and gusset and seam, Seam and gusset and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand.
Page 343 - 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 ! Now as they bore him off the field, Said he, " Let others shoot, For here I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot 1
Page 101 - Oh what a tale they told of fear intense, Of horror and amazement ! What human creature in the dead of night Had coursed like hunted hare that cruel distance ? Had sought the door, the window in his flight, Striving for dear existence ? What shrieking spirit in that bloody room Its mortal frame had violently quitted? — Across the sunbeam, with a sudden gloom, A ghostly shadow flitted.