Thomas Hood was a British humorist and poet. His son, Tom Hood, became a well known playwright and editor.
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“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
“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.”
“I can't do as much as I used to, but I can still grow a little corn, tomatoes and some cucumbers in my organic garden out back.”
“It's very convenient and saves me from having to plan and cook meals.”
“Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold.”
“For one of the pleasures of having a rout, / Is the pleasure of having it over.”
“She stood breast high amid the corn.”
“`Extremes meet', as the whiting said with its tail in its mouth.”
“If you were queen of bloaters / And I were king of soles, / The sea we'd wag our fins in. / Nor heed the crooked pins in / The water, dropped by boaters / To catch our heedless joles.”
“My books kept me from the ring, the dog-pit, the tavern, and the saloon.”