What is a modern poet's fate?/ To write his thoughts upon a slate;/ The critic spits on what is done,/ Gives it a wipe
What is a modern poet's fate?/ To write his thoughts upon a slate;/ The critic spits on what is done,/ Gives it a wipe" - and all is gone. Thomas Hood
 

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Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine! - Thomas Hood Quotes

Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine!

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 Art
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. - Thomas Hood Quotes

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.

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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. - Thomas Hood Quotes

I remember, I remember, / The house where I was born, / The little window where the sun / Came peeping in at morn.

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There are three things which the public will always clamor for, sooner or later: namely, Novelty, novelty, novelty - Thomas Hood Quotes

There are three things which the public will always clamor for, sooner or later: namely, Novelty, novelty, novelty

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 Novelty
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,/ No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds, - November! - Thomas Hood Quotes

No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,/ No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds, - November!

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No sun - no moon! / No morn - no noon - / No dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day - - Thomas Hood Quotes

No sun - no moon! / No morn - no noon - / No dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day -

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Whoe'er has gone thro' London street, Has seen a butcher gazing at his meat, And how he keeps Gloating upon a sheep's Or bullock's personals, as if his own; How he admires his halves And quarters--and his calves, As if in truth upon his own legs grown. - Thomas Hood Quotes

Whoe'er has gone thro' London street, Has seen a butcher gazing at his meat, And how he keeps Gloating upon a sheep's Or bullock's personals, as if his own; How he admires his halves And quarters--and his calves, As if in truth upon his own legs grown.

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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 pass'dWere as harsh as a prejudiced jury -Still, fill to the Future! and join in our chime,The regrets of remembrance to cozen,And having obtained a New Trial of Time,Shout in hopes of a kindlier dozen. - Thomas Hood Quotes

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 pass'dWere as harsh as a prejudiced jury -Still, fill to the Future! and join in our chime,The regrets of remembrance to cozen,And having obtained a New Trial of Time,Shout in hopes of a kindlier dozen.

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 Future
Being used but sisterly salutes to feel, Insipid things - like sandwiches of veal - Thomas Hood Quotes

Being used but sisterly salutes to feel, Insipid things - like sandwiches of veal

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A certain portion of the human race has certainly a taste for being diddled. - Thomas Hood Quotes

A certain portion of the human race has certainly a taste for being diddled.

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