No blessed leisure for Love or Hope,
But only time for Grief!
(The Song Of The Shirt)
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Heaven gives our days of failing strength Indemnifying fleetness And those of youth a seeming length Proportioned to their sweetness.Thomas Hood
A hollow voice is all I have But this I tell you plain, Marry come up - you marry, Ma'am, And I'll come up again.
Thomas Hood
O bed O bed delicious bed That heaven upon earth to the weary head.
Thomas Hood
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
Straight down the crooked lane, And all round the square.
Thomas Hood
The Quaker loves an ample brim, A hat that bows to no salaam And dear the beaver is to him As if it never made a dam.
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