Oh, Men, with Mothers and Wives!
(The Song Of The Shirt)
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The neighbours fetched a doctor in :Said he, "'This wound I dread
Can hardly be sewed up -
his life Is hanging on a thread.
Thomas Hood
To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind.
Thomas Hood
Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun.
Thomas Hood
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease, No comfortable feel in any member - No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds - November.
Thomas Hood
Lives of great men oft remind us as we o'er their pages turn, That we too may leave behind us - Letters that we ought to burn.
Thomas Hood
Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther.
Thomas Hood
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