Thomas Hood Quotes - Page 4

• ¿Qué alegría me da el regreso de junio?
  Mis pies están resecos, mis ojos arden,
  No huelo ráfagas floridas;
  Pero el débil céfiro flaquea,
  con Macadam seco en sus alas,
  y me convierte "polvo en polvo".

  Thomas Hood

  Spring, June, Dust

  Thomas Hood (1866). “The poetical works of Thomas Hood”, p.488

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• It was not in the winter
  Our loving lot was cast!
  It was the time of roses,
  We plucked them as we passed!

  Thomas Hood

  Flower, Winter, Rose

  Thomas Hood (1871). “The poetical works of Thomas Hood, ed. by W.M. Rossetti”, p.252

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• There is a silence where hath been no sound, There is a silence where no sound may be,- In the cold grave, under the deep, deep sea, Or in the wide desert where no life is found.

  Thomas Hood

  Life, Sea, Silence

  "Silence" l. 1 (1827)

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• A name, it has more than nominal worth, And belongs to good or bad luck at birth

  Thomas Hood

  Names, Luck, Birth

  Thomas Hood (1871). “The poetical works of Thomas Hood, ed. by W.M. Rossetti”, p.115

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• ¡Queridas campanas! ¡Qué dulce es el sonido de las campanas de pueblo Cuando en el aire ondulante nadan!

  Thomas Hood

  Sweet, Air, Swim

  Thomas Hood (1859). “The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hood: With a Biographical Sketch and Notes”, p.456

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• While the steeples are loud in their joy, To the tune of the bells' ring-a-ding, Let us chime in a peal, one and all, For we all should be able to sing Hullah baloo.

  Thomas Hood

  Joy, Bells, Able

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• 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

  Guerra, Soldado, Batalla

  'Faithless Nelly Gray'

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• Hay una doble belleza cuando un cisne
  nada en un lago con su doble encima.

  Thomas Hood

  Lakes, Swans, Swim

  Thomas Hood (1861). “Poems ... Thirteenth edition”, p.159

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• My books kept me from the ring, the dog-pit, the tavern, and the saloon.

  Thomas Hood

  Perro, Libro, Lectura

  Thomas Hood (1860). “Memorials of Thomas Hood, 2: Illustrated with Copies from His Own Sketches”, p.154

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• The biggest bore of all is he who is overflowing with congratulations

  Thomas Hood

  Congratulations, Bores

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• Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun!

  Thomas Hood

  Christian, Atheism, Charity

  Thomas Hood (1845). “Prose and Verse”, p.203

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• Boughs are daily rifled By the gusty thieves, And the book of Nature Getteth short of leaves.

  Thomas Hood

  Book, Thieves

  Thomas Hood, Françis Freeling Broderip geb Hood “Works: Comic and Serious, in Prose and Verse, with All Original Illustrations”

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• I remember, I remember The fir-trees dark and high; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky; It was a childish ignorance, But now 't is little joy To know I'm farther off from heaven Than when I was a boy.

  Thomas Hood

  Ignorance, Dark, Boys

  1826 'I Remember'.

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• No hay bendito ocio para el amor o la esperanza, Sino sólo tiempo para el dolor.

  Thomas Hood

  Love, Hope, Grief

  Thomas Hood (2016). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hood (Illustrated)”, p.1147, Delphi Classics

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