..."The wounds I might have heal'd! The human sorrow and smart! And yet it never was in my soul To piny so ill a part: But evil is wrought by want of thought As well as want of heart!" She clasp'd her fervent hands, The following humorous " punning ballad" is so characteristic of Hood, that...

...energies, with folded hands — for, alas ! Hood knew human nature all too well when he said — " Evil is wrought by want of thought, As well as want of heart." We are now sitting writing " by the bonny blithe blink of our ain fireside ;" the kettle is singing...

...unwary from . the track of well-doing and well-being ? if we do not believe, with the poet, that " Evil is wrought by want of thought, As well as want of heart?" Correct principles of thought, accurate habits of reasoning, cannot but be advantageous ; they enable...

...and flesh, and fowl, and fruit, Supplied my hungry mood ; But I never remembered the wretched one$ That starve for want of food ! " I dressed as the...wrought by want of Thought, As well as want of Heart !J? She clasped her fervent hands, And the tears began to stream ; Large, and bitter, and fast they...

...never remember'd the naked limbs That froze with winter's cold. " The wounds I might have heal'd ! The human sorrow and smart ! And yet it never was...want of Thought, As well as want of Heart ! " She clasp'd her fervent hands, And the tears began to stream ; Large, and bitter, and fast they fell, Remorse...

...exceptions to the general amiability of his character — it is that ho wished to enforce the moral, that ' Evil is wrought by want of thought As well as want of heart.' works that with •his rich wit and his great possessions of language he delighted to play with words...

...of a very dear friend, which resulted, as might naturally be expected, in an unhappy marriage; For evil is wrought by want of THOUGHT, As well as want of HEART. It is approaching the sacred matrimonial altar with irreverent steps, of which I would warn you. In...

...exceptions to the general amiability of his character, it is that he wished to enforce the moral that " Evil is wrought by want of thought As well as want of heart." " I do not think, therefore, that there was any levity in his character because he was a humorist....

...Shirt," the "Lady's Dream," and the " Workhouse Clock," he " points a moral " applicable to us all — But evil is wrought by want of thought, As well as want of heart ! How many of us may exclaim, with the Lady in the Dream — Alas ! I have walk'd through life, Too...

...never remember'd the naked limbs That froze with winter's cold. " The wounds I might have heal'd ! The human sorrow and smart ! And yet it never was...want of Thought, As well as want of Heart ! " She clasp' d her fervent hands, And the tears began to stream ; Large, and bitter, and fast they fell,...