The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood: With Some Account of the Author. In Four Volumes, Volume 4Little, Brown, 1863 |
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... stone ; In fact , since Cupid grew into a worry , Judge if a suing lover , let alone A lawyer , ever wrote in such a tone . " Ellen , I will no longer call you mine , That time is past , and ne'er can come again ; However other lights ...
... stone ; In fact , since Cupid grew into a worry , Judge if a suing lover , let alone A lawyer , ever wrote in such a tone . " Ellen , I will no longer call you mine , That time is past , and ne'er can come again ; However other lights ...
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... stones ; Or with the horses ' muscles , called the crural , How fast they could macadamize the milestones Which passed as tediously as gall or bile stones . Blind to the picturesque , he ne'er perceived In Nature one artistical fine ...
... stones ; Or with the horses ' muscles , called the crural , How fast they could macadamize the milestones Which passed as tediously as gall or bile stones . Blind to the picturesque , he ne'er perceived In Nature one artistical fine ...
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... wights , In that great core of brick , and stone , and lime , Called England's heart - but which , as seen of nights , Has rather more the appearance of its lights . Away he scudded - elbowing , perforce , Thro ' LOVE AND LUNACY . 27.
... wights , In that great core of brick , and stone , and lime , Called England's heart - but which , as seen of nights , Has rather more the appearance of its lights . Away he scudded - elbowing , perforce , Thro ' LOVE AND LUNACY . 27.
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... stone : A Printer ? - there his toils comprise Another's work beside his own . XVII . A Cooper ? - neither I nor Jem Have any taste or turn for that , - A Fish retailer ? — but with him , One part of trade is always flat . XVIII . A ...
... stone : A Printer ? - there his toils comprise Another's work beside his own . XVII . A Cooper ? - neither I nor Jem Have any taste or turn for that , - A Fish retailer ? — but with him , One part of trade is always flat . XVIII . A ...
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... Stone planks . O me ! hence could I read an admonition To mad Ambition ! But that he would not listen to my call , Though I should stand upon the cross , and ball ! . A VALENTINE . O cruel heart ! ere these posthumous papers Have met ...
... Stone planks . O me ! hence could I read an admonition To mad Ambition ! But that he would not listen to my call , Though I should stand upon the cross , and ball ! . A VALENTINE . O cruel heart ! ere these posthumous papers Have met ...
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Page 208 - element,' but the word is over-worn. \Exit. Vio. This fellow is wise enough to play the fool ; And to do that well craves a kind of wit : He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time, And, like the haggard, check at every feather That comes before his eye.
Page 102 - SWEET MEMORY, wafted by thy gentle gale, Oft up the stream of Time I turn my sail, To view the fairy-haunts of long-lost hours, Blest with far greener shades, far fresher flowers.
Page 262 - If any person, of what degree soever, high or low, shall deny or gainsay our Sovereign Lord King George the Fourth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, son and next heir to our Sovereign Lord King George...
Page 35 - Those joyous hours are past away ; And many a heart, that then was gay, Within the tomb now darkly dwells, And hears no more those evening bells. And so 'twill be when I am gone ; That tuneful peal will still ring on, While...
Page 91 - I'll let thee out, cost what it will ; so I turned about the cage to get the door. It was twisted and double twisted so fast with wire, there was no getting it open without pulling the cage to pieces. I took both hands to it. The bird flew to the place where I was attempting his deliverance, and thrusting his head through the trellis...
Page 167 - Com — com — I say ! You go away ! Into two parts my head you split — My fiddle cannot hear himself a bit, When I do play — You have no bis'ness in a place so still ! Can you not come another day?" Says he—
Page 47 - TO THE REVIEWERS. What is a modern Poet's fate ? To write his thoughts upon a slate ; — The Critic spits on what is done, — Gives it a wipe, — and all is gone.
Page 262 - Kingdom, or that he ought not to enjoy the same, here is his Champion, who saith that he lieth, and is a false traitor, being ready in person to combat with him, and in this quarrel will adventure his life against him on what day soever he shall be appointed.