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> [Why don't the men propose, Mamma? Why don't the men propose?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-haynes-bayly/why-don-t-the-men-propose-mamma-why-don-t-the-men-propose/)

[Thomas Haynes Bayly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-haynes-bayly/)

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## More by Thomas Haynes Bayly

> [O give me new figures! I can't go on dancing The same that were taught me ten seasons ago; The schoolmaster over the land…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-haynes-bayly/o-give-me-new-figures-i-can-t-go-on-dancing-the-same-that-were-taught/)

[Thomas Haynes Bayly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-haynes-bayly/)

> [The mistletoe hung in the castle hall, The holly branch shone on the old oak wall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-haynes-bayly/the-mistletoe-hung-in-the-castle-hall-the-holly-branch-shone-on-the/)

[Thomas Haynes Bayly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-haynes-bayly/)

> [Absence makes the heart go fonder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-haynes-bayly/absence-makes-the-heart-go-fonder/)

[Thomas Haynes Bayly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-haynes-bayly/)

> [Those that have wealth must be watchful and wary, Power, alas! naught but misery brings!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-haynes-bayly/those-that-have-wealth-must-be-watchful-and-wary-power-alas-naught/)

[Thomas Haynes Bayly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-haynes-bayly/)

> [Oh, pilot! 'tis a fearful night, There's danger on the deep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-haynes-bayly/oh-pilot-tis-a-fearful-night-there-s-danger-on-the-deep/)

[Thomas Haynes Bayly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-haynes-bayly/)

> [Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Prolonged absence makes the heart forget.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-haynes-bayly/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-fonder-prolonged-absence-makes-the-heart/)

[Thomas Haynes Bayly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-haynes-bayly/)

> [We met, 'twas in a crowd, and I thought he would shun me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-haynes-bayly/we-met-twas-in-a-crowd-and-i-thought-he-would-shun-me/)

[Thomas Haynes Bayly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-haynes-bayly/)

> [Oh, I have roamed o'er many lands, And many friends I've met; Not one fair scene or kindly smile Can this fond heart forget.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-haynes-bayly/oh-i-have-roamed-o-er-many-lands-and-many-friends-i-ve-met-not-one/)

[Thomas Haynes Bayly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-haynes-bayly/)

> [Why don't the men propose, Mamma? Why don't the men propose?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-haynes-bayly/why-don-t-the-men-propose-mamma-why-don-t-the-men-propose/)

[Thomas Haynes Bayly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-haynes-bayly/)

> [Where's the hope that can abate The grief of hearts thus desolate That can Youth's keenest pangs assuage, And mitigate the gloom of Age?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-haynes-bayly/where-s-the-hope-that-can-abate-the-grief-of-hearts-thus-desolate/)

[Thomas Haynes Bayly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-haynes-bayly/)

> [Fear not, but trust in Providence, Wherever thou may'st be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-haynes-bayly/fear-not-but-trust-in-providence-wherever-thou-may-st-be/)

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> [Tell me the tales that to me were so dear, Long, long ago, long, long ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-haynes-bayly/tell-me-the-tales-that-to-me-were-so-dear-long-long-ago-long-long-ago/)

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> [I'd be a butterfly; living a rover, Dying when fair things are fading away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-haynes-bayly/i-d-be-a-butterfly-living-a-rover-dying-when-fair-things-are-fading/)

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> [I'm saddest when I sing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-haynes-bayly/i-m-saddest-when-i-sing/)

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> [Surely 't is better, when summer is over To die when all fair things are fading away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-haynes-bayly/surely-t-is-better-when-summer-is-over-to-die-when-all-fair-things/)

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