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"18 Thomas Hood Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 23 May 1799. Died: 3 May 1845 | Poet | Author | Humorist |

I saw old autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like silence, listening To silence.

Old autumn Misty morn Stand shadow less Silence
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I remember, I remember, The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn.

Remember The house Was born Little window
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Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine!
To choose Mine Love Every day
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Half of the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping

The failure In life Pulling One's horse
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The lily is all in white, like a saint, And so is no mate for me.

The lily White Like Saint
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My brain is dull, my sight is foul, I cannot write a verse, or read-- Then, Pallas, take away thine Owl, And let us have a lark instead.

My brain Sight Write Lark instead
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With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread.

Fingers weary Worn Eyelids heavy Woman sat
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A moment's thinking is an hour in words

Moment's thinking An hour In words
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To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind.

Attempt Advise Conceited people Whistling
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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 the wide desert where no life is found.

Silence No sound May be Cold grave
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Some dreams we have are nothing else but dreams, Unnatural and full of contradictions; Yet others of our most romantic schemes, Are something more than fictions.

Some dreams Unnatural Contradictions Most romantic
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O men with sisters dear, O men with mothers and wives, It is not linen you 're wearing out, But human creatures' lives!

Men Sisters Mothers Wives
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No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief

No blessed Leisure For love Only time
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I resolved that, like the sun, as long as my day lasted, I would look on the bright side of everything.
Resolved The sun Day lasted Look on
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How bless'd the heart that has a friend. A sympathizing ear to lend

How bless Heart A friend Sympathizing ear
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I love thee - I love thee, 'Tis all that I can say, It is my vision in the night, My dreaming in the day

Love Can say My vision Night
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Peace and rest at length have come, All the day's long toil is past; And each heart is whispering,
Peace Rest Have come Long toil
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Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied; We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died.

Very hope Belied Fear Hopes
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Thomas Hood Quotes & Sayings