Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther.
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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.Thomas Hood
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
Young Ben he was a nice young man,
A carpenter by trade;
And he fell in love with Sally Brown,
That was a lady's maid.
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A man that 's fond precociously of stirring Must be a spoon.
Thomas Hood
She stood breast-high amid the corn Clasp'd by the golden light of morn, Like the sweetheart of the sun, Who many a glowing kiss had won.
Thomas Hood
To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind.
Thomas Hood
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