The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood: With Some Account of the Author. In Four Volumes, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1861 - English poetry |
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... hast heard in leafy shroud The sweet and plaintive Sappho of the dell , Show thy sweet mercy on this little crowd , And we will muffle up the sheepfold bell Whene'er thou listenest to Philomel . " XXXIII . Then Saturn thus : - " Sweet ...
... hast heard in leafy shroud The sweet and plaintive Sappho of the dell , Show thy sweet mercy on this little crowd , And we will muffle up the sheepfold bell Whene'er thou listenest to Philomel . " XXXIII . Then Saturn thus : - " Sweet ...
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... hast breathed a vow At Love's dear portal , or at pale moon - rise Crush'd the dear curl on a regardful brow That did not frown thee from thy honey prize- If ever thy sweet son sat on thy thighs , And wooed thee from thy careful ...
... hast breathed a vow At Love's dear portal , or at pale moon - rise Crush'd the dear curl on a regardful brow That did not frown thee from thy honey prize- If ever thy sweet son sat on thy thighs , And wooed thee from thy careful ...
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... hast caught a bee upon the wing , To take his honey - bag , -spare us our lives , And we will pay the ransom in full hives . ” LVIII . " Now by my glass , " quoth Time , " ye do offend In teaching the brown bees that careful lore , And ...
... hast caught a bee upon the wing , To take his honey - bag , -spare us our lives , And we will pay the ransom in full hives . ” LVIII . " Now by my glass , " quoth Time , " ye do offend In teaching the brown bees that careful lore , And ...
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... the sun ! LXVI . " 9 Then saith the timid Fay- " Oh , mighty Time ! Well hast thou wrought the cruel Titans ' fall , For they were stain'd with many a bloody crime : Great giants work great wrongs , but we are small MIDSUMMER FAIRIES . 29.
... the sun ! LXVI . " 9 Then saith the timid Fay- " Oh , mighty Time ! Well hast thou wrought the cruel Titans ' fall , For they were stain'd with many a bloody crime : Great giants work great wrongs , but we are small MIDSUMMER FAIRIES . 29.
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... hast shown To my endeavour in a bygone time , And by this token , I would have it known Thou art my friend , and friendly to my rhyme ! It is my dear ambition now to climb Still higher in thy thought , -if my bold pen May thrust on ...
... hast shown To my endeavour in a bygone time , And by this token , I would have it known Thou art my friend , and friendly to my rhyme ! It is my dear ambition now to climb Still higher in thy thought , -if my bold pen May thrust on ...
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Page 190 - Who was her father? Who was her mother ? Had she a sister? Had she a brother ? Or was there a dearer one Still, and a nearer one Yet, than all other ? Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh, it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full. Home she had none.
Page 188 - One more Unfortunate Weary of breath, Rashly importunate, Gone to her death ! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care ; Fashion'd so slenderly, Young, and so fair!
Page 280 - I remember, I remember Where I was used to swing, And thought the air must rush as fresh To swallows on the wing ; My spirit flew in feathers then That is so heavy now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow. I remember, I remember The fir-trees dark and high ; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky : It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy To know I'm farther off from Heaven Than when I was a boy.
Page 149 - All night I lay in agony, From weary chime to chime; With one besetting horrid hint That racked me all the time — A mighty yearning, like the first Fierce impulse unto crime — "One stern tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts its slave! Stronger and stronger every pulse Did that temptation crave — Still urging me to go and see The dead man in his grave!
Page 150 - Then down I cast me on my face, And first began to weep, For I knew my secret then was one That earth refused to keep : Or land or sea, though he should be Ten thousand fathoms deep.
Page 276 - Deeply ripened ; — such a blush In the midst of brown was born, Like red poppies grown with corn. Round her eyes her tresses fell, Which were blackest none could tell, But long lashes veiled a light, That had else been all too bright.
Page 192 - Dreadfully staring Through muddy impurity, As when with the daring Last look of despairing Fixed on futurity. Perishing gloomily, Spurred by contumely, Cold inhumanity, ; Burning insanity, Into her rest, — Cross her hands humbly, As if praying dumbly, Over her breast ! Owning her weakness, Her evil behaviour, And leaving, with meekness, Her sins to her Saviour ! The vigour of this poem is no less remarkable than its pathos.
Page 315 - Be lapp'd in alien clay and laid below ; It is not death to know this, — but to know That pious thoughts, which visit at new graves In tender pilgrimage, will cease to go So duly and so oft, — and when grass waves Over the past-away, there may be then No resurrection in the minds of men.
Page 147 - My head was like an ardent coal, My heart as solid ice; My wretched, wretched soul, I knew, Was at the Devil's price: A dozen times I groaned: the dead Had never groaned but twice.
Page 218 - Strong the earthy odour grows — I smell the mould above the rose ! Welcome Life ! the Spirit strives ! Strength returns and hope revives ; Cloudy fears and shapes forlorn Fly like shadows at the morn, — O'er the earth there comes a bloom ; Sunny light for sullen gloom, Warm perfume for vapour cold — I smell the rose above the mould ! April, 1845.