Thomas Hood Quotes

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• Ben Battle was a soldier bold, and used to war's alarms, But a cannon-ball took off his legs, so he laid down his arms.
• O bed! O bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head.
• How bless'd the heart that has a friend. A sympathizing ear to lend.
• The biggest bore of all is he who is overflowing with congratulations
• I saw old autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like silence, listening To silence.
• 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,…
• And ye, who have met with Adversity's blast, And been bow'd to the earth by its fury; To whom the Twelve Months, that have recently…
• Oh! God! That bread should be so dear, and flesh and blood so cheap!
• 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…
• Half of the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping.
• Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine!
• Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
• O men with sisters dear, O men with mothers and wives, It is not linen you 're wearing out, But human creatures' lives!
• It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy To know I'm further off from heaven Than when I was a boy.
• No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief.
• I resolved that, like the sun, as long as my day lasted, I would look on the bright side of everything.
• And there is even a happiness That makes the heart afraid.
• But evil is wrought by want of thought, As well as want of heart!
• Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied; We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died.
• We watch'd her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro.

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