Quote #10

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!

More from Thomas Hood

  1. Never go to France Unless you know the lingo, If you do, like me, You will repent, by jingo.
  2. Seem'd washing his hands with invisible soap In imperceptible water.
  3. Straight down the Crooked Lane, And all round the Square.
  4. Oh bed! oh bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head.
  5. I saw old Autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like Silence, listening To silence.
  6. One more Unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate, Gone to her death! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; Fashion'd so slende…
  7. But evil is wrought by want of thought, As well as want of heart.
  8. Alas! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun!

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