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The complete poetical works of Thomas Hood
Hood, Thomas (1799-1845)
WHIMS AND ODDITIES. First Series
DEDICATION TO THE REVIEWERS
MORAL REFLECTIONS ON THE CROSS OF ST. PAUL'S
A VALENTINE
BACKING THE FAVOURITE!
THE MERMAID OF MARGATE
‘AS IT FELL UPON A DAY’
THE FALL OF THE DEER
DECEMBER AND MAY
A WINTER NOSEGAY
EQUESTRIAN COURTSHIP
SHE IS FAR FROM THE LAND
REMONSTRATORY ODE FROM THE ELEPHANT AT EXETER CHANGE, TO MR. MATHEWS AT THE ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE (WRITTEN BY A FRIEND)
THE SEA-SPELL
WHIMS AND ODDITIES. Second Series
[dedication]
MARY'S GHOST A PATHETIC BALLAD
THE PROGRESS OF ART
A LEGEND OF NAVARRE
THE DEMON-SHIP
TIM TURPIN A PATHETIC BALLAD
THE MONKEY-MARTYR A FABLE
CRANIOLOGY
JACK HALL
THE WEE MAN A ROMANCE
A BUTCHER
‘DON'T YOU SMELL FIRE?’
THE VOLUNTEER
THE WIDOW
JOHN TROT A BALLAD
ODE TO THE CAMELEOPARD
VERSES FROM ‘TYLNEY HALL’
[PLAY ON, YE TIMID RABBITS]
[A DECLARATION]
[THE STREAMLET]
TOM TATTERS' BIRTHDAY ODE
HOOD'S OWN: OR, LAUGHTER FROM YEAR TO YEAR BEING FORMER RUNNINGS OF HIS COMIC VEIN, WITH AN INFUSION OF NEW BLOOD FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION
AN ANCIENT CONCERT BY A VENERABLE DIRECTOR
SONNET ON STEAM BY AN UNDER-OSTLER
A REPORT FROM BELOW
ODE TO M. BRUNEL
OVER THE WAY
A NOCTURNAL SKETCH
DOMESTIC ASIDES; OR, TRUTH IN PARENTHESES
EPIGRAMS COMPOSED ON READING A DIARY LATELY PUBLISHED
[That flesh is grass is now as clear as day]
THE LAST WISH
[section]
THE DEVIL'S ALBUM
THE LOST HEIR
JOHN DAY A PATHETIC BALLAD
NUMBER ONE VERSIFIED FROM THE PROSE OF A YOUNG LADY
THE DROWNING DUCKS
SALLY SIMPKIN'S LAMENT OR, JOHN JONES'S KIT-CAT-ASTROPHE
THE FALL
SONNET
THE STEAM SERVICE
I.
I
II.
II
A LAY OF REAL LIFE
A VALENTINE THE WEATHER. TO P. MURPHY, ESQ., M.N.S.
POEM,—FROM THE POLISH
CONVEYANCING
SONNET
EPICUREAN REMINISCENCES OF A SENTIMENTALIST
I'M NOT A SINGLE MAN
THE BURNING OF THE LOVE-LETTER
THE APPARITION
LITTLE O'P.—AN AFRICAN FACT
THE ANGLER'S FAREWELL
SEA SONG AFTER DIBDIN
STANZAS ON COMING OF AGE
A SINGULAR EXHIBITION AT SOMERSET HOUSE
I'M GOING TO BOMBAY
ODE TO THE ADVOCATES FOR THE REMOVAL OF SMITHFIELD MARKET
ODE FOR ST. CECILIA'S EVE
A BLOW-UP
THE GHOST A VERY SERIOUS BALLAD
ODE TO MADAME HENGLER FIREWORK-MAKER TO VAUXHALL
THE DOUBLE KNOCK
BAILEY BALLADS
I.
LINES TO MARY (AT NO. I NEWGATE, FAVOURED BY MR. WONTNER)
II.
No. II
III.
No. III
[section]
FRENCH AND ENGLISH
OUR VILLAGE.—BY A VILLAGER
A TRUE STORY
THE CARELESSE NURSE MAYD
TO FANNY
POEMS, BY A POOR GENTLEMAN
STANZAS WRITTEN UNDER THE FEAR OF BAILIFFS
SONNET WRITTEN IN A WORKHOUSE
SONNET.—A SOMNAMBULIST
FUGITIVE LINES ON PAWNING MY WATCH
THE COMPASS, WITH VARIATIONS
PAIR'D, NOT MATCH'D
THE DUEL
SONNET TO VAUXHALL
ODE TO MR. MALTHUS
A GOOD DIRECTION
THERE'S NO ROMANCE IN THAT
A WATERLOO BALLAD
SHOOTING PAINS
THE BOY AT THE NORE
ODE TO ST. SWITHIN
THE SCHOOLMASTER'S MOTTO
THE SUPPER SUPERSTITION A PATHETIC BALLAD
A STORM AT HASTINGS AND THE LITTLE UNKNOWN
LINES TO A LADY ON HER DEPARTURE FOR INDIA
SONNET TO A SCOTCH GIRL, WASHING LINEN AFTER HER COUNTRY FASHION
SONNET TO A DECAYED SEAMAN
HUGGINS AND DUGGINS A PASTORAL AFTER POPE
DOMESTIC DIDACTICS BY AN OLD SERVANT THE BROKEN DISH
ODE TO PEACE WRITTEN ON THE NIGHT OF MY MISTRESS'S GRAND ROUT
A FEW LINES ON COMPLETING FORTY-SEVEN
TO MARY HOUSEMAID ON VALENTINE'S DAY
PAIN IN A PLEASURE-BOAT A SEA ECLOGUE
LITERARY AND LITERAL
‘Love Lays and Lyrics
SONNET TO LORD WHARNCLIFFE, ON HIS GAME BILL
LITERARY REMINISCENCES
ODE TO PERRY THE INVENTOR OF THE PATENT PERRYAN PEN
THE UNDYING ONE
COCKLE v. CACKLE
THE SWEEP'S COMPLAINT
THE SUB-MARINE
DOG-GREL VERSES, BY A POOR BLIND
THE KANGAROOS A FABLE
ODE FOR THE NINTH OF NOVEMBER
SONNET
RONDEAU (EXTRACTED FROM A WELL-KNOWN ANNUAL)
SYMPTOMS OF OSSIFICATION
THE POACHER A SERIOUS BALLAD
I CANNOT BEAR A GUN
TRIMMER'S EXERCISE FOR THE USE OF CHILDREN
THE FOX AND THE HEN A FABLE
THE COMET AN ASTRONOMICAL ANECDOTE
LOVE AND LUNACY
THOSE EVENING BELLS
LINES TO A FRIEND AT COBHAM
THE QUAKERS' CONVERSAZIONE
I.
I SONNET How sweet thus clad, in Autumn's mellow Tone
II.
II LINES ON THE CELEBRATION OF PEACE
[section]
THE LAMENT OF TOBY, THE LEARNED PIG
TO A BAD RIDER
MY SON AND HEIR
WHIMSICALITIES: A PERIODICAL GATHERING
ANACREONTIC FOR THE NEW YEAR
A MORNING THOUGHT
NO!
TO MY DAUGHTER ON HER BIRTHDAY
EPIGRAM ON MRS. PARKES'S PAMPHLET
THE FLOWER
EPIGRAM: ON THE ART UNIONS
ON LIEUTENANT EYRE'S NARRATIVE OF THE DISASTERS AT CABUL
EPIGRAM ON A LATE CATTLE-SHOW IN SMITHFIELD
ON A CERTAIN LOCALITY
PARTY SPIRIT
A REFLECTION ON NEW YEAR'S EVE
A FIRST ATTEMPT IN RHYME
EPIGRAM ON THE CHINESE TREATY
THE SEASON
ON THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY TAKEN BY THE DAGUERREOTYPE
EPIGRAM: ON THE DEPRECIATED MONEY
EPIGRAM
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ON A CERTAIN LOCALITY
Of
public changes, good or ill,
I seldom lead the mooters,
But really Constitution Hill
Should change its name with Shooter's!
The complete poetical works of Thomas Hood
