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The works of Thomas Hood

Comic and serious: In prose and verse. Edited, with notes, by his son
Hood, Thomas (1799-1845)

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VOLUME I.
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1821.
  
ODE TO DR. KITCHENER.
  
TO HOPE.
  
THE DEPARTURE OF SUMMER.
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1822.
  
TO A CRITIC.
  
TO CELIA.
  
THE SEA OF DEATH.
  
TO AN ABSENTEE.
  
THE STAG-EYED LADY.
  
LYCUS THE CENTAUR.
  
THE TWO PEACOCKS OF BEDFONT.
  
HYMN TO THE SUN.
  
MIDNIGHT.
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TO A SLEEPING CHILD.
 II. 
TO A SLEEPING CHILD.
  
TO FANCY.
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1823.
  
[THE DOUBTFUL SNEEZE.]
  
FAIR INES.
  
TO A FALSE FRIEND.
  
AUTUMN.
  
DEATH.
  
SILENCE.
  
WRITTEN IN KEATS' “ENDYMION.”
  
SONNET. TO AN ENTHUSIAST.
  
TO A COLD BEAUTY.
  
SERENADE
  
OLD BALLAD.
  
[We did not wear a leafy crown]
  
SONNET.
  
SONNET.
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1824.
  
THE FORSAKEN.
  
SONG.
  
SONG.
  
BIRTHDAY VERSES.
  
I LOVE THEE.
  
LINES.
  
FALSE POETS AND TRUE.
  
[“Farewell—Farewell”—it is an awful word]
  
GUIDO AND MARINA.
  
THE TWO SWANS.
  
ODE ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF CLAPHAM ACADEMY.
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1825.
  
ODE TO MR. GRAHAM,
  
ODE TO MR. M'ADAM.
  
A FRIENDLY EPISTLE TO MRS. FRY, IN NEWGATE.
  
ODE TO RICHARD MARTIN, ESQ., M.P. FOR GALWAY.
  
ODE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN.
  
ADDRESS TO MR. DYMOKE, THE CHAMPION OF ENGLAND.
  
ODE TO JOSEPH GRIMALDI, SENIOR.
  
TO SYLVANUS URBAN, ESQ.,
  
AN ADDRESS TO THE STEAM WASHING COMPANY.
  
LETTER OF REMONSTRANCE
  
ODE TO CAPTAIN PARRY.
  
ODE TO R. W. ELLISTON, ESQ.,
  
ADDRESS TO MARIA DARLINGTON ON HER RETURN TO THE STAGE.
  
ODE TO W. KITCHENER, M.D.,
  
ODE TO H. BODKIN, ESQ.,
  
PLAYING AT SOLDIERS.
  
THE DEATH BED.
  
TO MY WIFE.
  
SONG.
  
VERSES IN AN ALBUM.
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1826.
  
A RECIPE—FOR CIVILISATION.
  
LOVE.
  
“THE LAST MAN.’
  
FAITHLESS SALLY BROWN.
  
A FAIRY TALE.
  
THE IRISH SCHOOLMASTER.
  
FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY.
  
THE WATER LADY.
  
AUTUMN.
  
I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER.
  
DEATH'S RAMBLE.
  
ADDRESS TO MR. CROSS, OF EXETER CHANGE,
  
THE POET'S PORTION.
  
ODE TO THE LATE LORD MAYOR,
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1827.
  
BIANCA'S DREAM.
  
A TRUE STORY.
  
A PARTHIAN GLANCE.
  
A SAILOR'S APOLOGY FOR BOW-LEGS.
  
ELEGY ON DAVID LAING, ESQ.
  
SONNET. WRITTEN IN A VOLUME OF SHAKSPEARE.
  
A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW.
  
BALLAD.
  
STANZAS TO TOM WOODGATE, OF HASTINGS.
  
TIME, HOPE, AND MEMORY.
  
FLOWERS.
  
BALLAD.
  
RUTH.
  
THE PLEA OF THE MIDSUMMER FAIRIES.
  
HERO AND LEANDER.
  
BALLAD.
  
SONG. FOR MUSIC.
  
AUTUMN.
  
BALLAD.
  
ODE TO THE MOON.
  
THE EXILE.
  
TO JANE.
  
ODE TO MELANCHOLY.
  
SONNET. ON MISTRESS NICELY, A PATTERN FOR HOUSEKEEPERS.
  
SONNET.
  
SONNET. TO MY WIFE.
  
SONNET. ON RECEIVING A GIFT.
  
SONNET.
  
ODES AND ADDRESSES TO GREAT PEOPLE.
  
ODE.
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1828.
  
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
  
LAMENT FOR THE DECLINE OF CHIVALRY.
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EX POST-FACTO EPIGRAMS.
  
ON THE DEATH OF THE GIRAFFE.
  
ON THE REMOVAL OF A MENAGERIE.
  
THE LOGICIANS.
  
DEATH IN THE KITCHEN.
  
REFLECTIONS ON A NEW YEAR'S DAY.
  
ODE TO EDWARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD, ESQ.
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VOLUME II.
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1828.
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LAMIA;
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[[SCENE I.]]
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
 V. 
SCENE V.
 VI. 
SCENE VI.
 VII. 
SCENE VII.
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1829.
  
ON A PICTURE OF HERO AND LEANDER.
  
THE FAREWELL.
  
THE DREAM OF EUGENE ARAM.
  
THE EPPING HUNT.
  
THE SHIP LAUNCH.
  
GOG AND MAGOG.
  
VALENTINE'S DAY.
  
THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW.
  
LIEUTENANT LUFF.
  
LOVE HAS NOT EYES.
  
SONG.
  
SONNET FOR THE 14TH OF FEBRUARY.
  
A BUNCH OF FORGET-ME-NOTS.
  
WRITTEN IN A YOUNG LADY'S ALBUM.
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1831.
  
SONNET.
  
THE PAINTER PUZZLED.
  
TO MR. WRENCH AT THE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.
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1832.
  
ODE TO N. A. VIGORS, ESQ.
  
ODE TO JOSEPH HUME, ESQ., M.P.
  
JARVIS AND MRS. COPE.
  
MISS FANNY'S FAREWELL FLOWERS.
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REPLY TO A PASTORAL POET
  
ANSWER TO PAUPER.
  
THE STAGE-STRUCK HERO.
  
TO A CHILD EMBRACING HIS MOTHER.
  
FRAGMENT.
  
A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
  
A PUBLIC DINNER.
  
A CHARITY SERMON.
  
THE CIGAR.
  
ODE TO ADMIRAL GAMBIER, G.C.B.
  
TO SPENCER PERCEVAL, ESQ., M.P.
  
THE CHINA-MENDER.
  
ODE TO MISS KELLY.
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VOLUME III.
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1834.
  
ODE TO SIR ANDREW AGNEW, BART.
  
QUEEN MAB.
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VOLUME IV.
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1835.
  
SONNET TO OCEAN.
  
TO ---.
  
SONNET.
  
LINES ON SEEING MY WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN SLEEPING IN THE SAME CHAMBER.
  
STANZAS.
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1836.
  
A TOAST.
  
SONG FOR THE NINETEENTH.
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1837.
  
THE BLUE BOAR.
  
LOVE LANE.
  
DRINKING SONG.
  
THE DESERT-BORN.
  
ODE TO DOCTOR HAHNEMANN,
  
AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS.
  
ODE TO MESSRS. GREEN, HOLLOND, MONCK MASON,
  
ODE TO RAE WILSON, ESQ.
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1838.
  
THE GREEN MAN.
  
HIT OR MISS.
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1839.
  
A TABLE OF ERRATA.
  
ALL ROUND MY HAT.
  
BEN BLUFF.
  
A PLAIN DIRECTION.
  
THE BACHELOR'S DREAM.
  
RURAL FELICITY.
  
A FLYING VISIT.
  
STANZAS.
  
[Come all ye sable little girls and boys]
  
THE DOCTOR.
  
THE VISION.
  
TO MY DAUGHTER.
  
MORNING MEDITATIONS.
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1840
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UP THE RHINE
  
[Ye Tourists and Travellers, bound to the Rhine]
  
TO ***** WITH A FLASK OF RHINE WATER.
  
THE ROMANCE OF COLOGNE.
  
[“I like your German singers well]
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VOLUME V.
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1840.
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UP THE RHINE
  
THE KNIGHT AND THE DRAGON.
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OUR LADY'S CHAPEL.
  
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MORAL.
  
LOVE LANGUAGE OF A MERRY YOUNG SOLDIER.
  
AN OPEN QUESTION.
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A TALE OF A TRUMPET.
  
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MORAL.
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MISS KILMANSEGG AND HER PRECIOUS LEG.
  
HER PEDIGREE.
  
HER BIRTH.
  
HER CHRISTENING.
  
HER CHILDHOOD.
  
HER EDUCATION.
  
HER ACCIDENT.
  
HER PRECIOUS LEG.
  
HER FAME.
  
HER FIRST STEP.
  
HER FANCY BALL.
  
HER DREAM.
  
HER COURTSHIP.
  
HER MARRIAGE.
  
HER HONEYMOON.
  
HER MISERY.
  
HER LAST WILL.
  
HER DEATH.
  
HER MORAL.
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1842.
  
THE FLOWER.
  
THE LEE SHORE.
  
ON A NATIVE SINGER.
  
RONDEAU.
  
TO MINERVA.
  
TO C. DICKENS, ESQ.,
  
SONNET.
  
A ROW AT THE OXFORD ARMS.
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VOLUME VI.
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1842.
  
SPRING.
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THE TURTLES.
  
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MORAL.
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THE ELM TREE.
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[PART I.]
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PART II.
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PART III.
  
MORE HULLAH-BALOO.
  
THE SEASON.
  
LEAR.
  
SONG. TO MY WIFE.
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1843.
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THE FORGE.
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PART I.
 II. 
PART II.
  
A CUSTOM-HOUSE BREEZE.
  
LAYING DOWN THE LAW.
  
ETCHING MORALISED.
  
SONNET.
  
A BLACK JOB.
  
ADDRESS.
  
YOUTH AND AGE.
  
TO HENRIETTA,
  
A DROP OF GIN.
  
THE SONG OF THE SHIRT.
  
THE PAUPER'S CHRISTMAS CAROL.
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1844.
  
THE HAUNTED HOUSE.
  
A TALE OF TEMPER.
  
A SONG FOR THE MILLION.
  
EPIGRAM ON THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE STATUES IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE.
  
THE MARY.
  
A DISCOVERY IN ASTRONOMY.
  
THE LADY'S DREAM.
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VOLUME VII.
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1844.
  
[Passing my brow, and passing my eyes]
  
THE KEY.
  
THE WORKHOUSE CLOCK.
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THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS.
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[PART I.]
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PART II.
  
THE LAY OF THE LABOURER.
  
EPIGRAM. ON HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE CITY, 1844.
  
ON THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE CITY.
  
SONNET TO A SONNET.
  
EPIGRAM. ON A PICTURE (407) IN THE BRITISH INSTITUTION, 1843.
  
THE SAUSAGE MAKER'S GHOST.
  
A DREAM.
  
THE LAY OF THE LARK.
  
FRAGMENT.
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1845.
  
FRAGMENT PROBABLY WRITTEN DURING ILLNESS.
  
EPIGRAM.
  
THE SUPERIORITY OF MACHINERY.
  
EPIGRAM.
  
EPIGRAM.
  
STANZAS.
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APPENDIX.
  
[Come, come, I am very]
  
TO MISS KELLY,
  
HINTS TO PAUL PRY.

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MORAL.

There are folks about town—to name no names—
Who much resemble that deafest of Dames!
And over their tea, and muffins, and crumpets,
Circulate many a scandalous word,
And whisper tales they could only have heard
Through some such Diabolical Trumpets!
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