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The complete poetical works of Thomas Hood

Hood, Thomas (1799-1845)

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WHIMS AND ODDITIES. First Series

DEDICATION TO THE REVIEWERS

MORAL REFLECTIONS ON THE CROSS OF ST. PAUL'S

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)

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WHIMS AND ODDITIES. Second Series

MARY'S GHOST A PATHETIC BALLAD

THE PROGRESS OF ART

A LEGEND OF NAVARRE

TIM TURPIN A PATHETIC BALLAD

THE MONKEY-MARTYR A FABLE

THE WEE MAN A ROMANCE

‘DON'T YOU SMELL FIRE?’

JOHN TROT A BALLAD

ODE TO THE CAMELEOPARD

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VERSES FROM ‘TYLNEY HALL’

[PLAY ON, YE TIMID RABBITS]

[A DECLARATION]

[THE STREAMLET]

TOM TATTERS' BIRTHDAY ODE

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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

A NOCTURNAL SKETCH

DOMESTIC ASIDES; OR, TRUTH IN PARENTHESES

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EPIGRAMS COMPOSED ON READING A DIARY LATELY PUBLISHED

[That flesh is grass is now as clear as day]

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THE DEVIL'S ALBUM

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

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THE STEAM SERVICE

I.

II.

A LAY OF REAL LIFE

A VALENTINE THE WEATHER. TO P. MURPHY, ESQ., M.N.S.

POEM,—FROM THE POLISH

EPICUREAN REMINISCENCES OF A SENTIMENTALIST

I'M NOT A SINGLE MAN

THE BURNING OF THE LOVE-LETTER

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

THE GHOST A VERY SERIOUS BALLAD

ODE TO MADAME HENGLER FIREWORK-MAKER TO VAUXHALL

THE DOUBLE KNOCK

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I.

LINES TO MARY (AT NO. I NEWGATE, FAVOURED BY MR. WONTNER)

II.

III.

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FRENCH AND ENGLISH

OUR VILLAGE.—BY A VILLAGER

THE CARELESSE NURSE MAYD

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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

SONNET TO VAUXHALL

ODE TO MR. MALTHUS

A GOOD DIRECTION

THERE'S NO ROMANCE IN THAT

A WATERLOO BALLAD

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

DOG-GREL VERSES, BY A POOR BLIND

THE KANGAROOS A FABLE

ODE FOR THE NINTH OF NOVEMBER

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

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THE QUAKERS' CONVERSAZIONE

I.

I SONNET How sweet thus clad, in Autumn's mellow Tone

II.

II LINES ON THE CELEBRATION OF PEACE

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THE LAMENT OF TOBY, THE LEARNED PIG

MY SON AND HEIR

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WHIMSICALITIES: A PERIODICAL GATHERING

ANACREONTIC FOR THE NEW YEAR

A MORNING THOUGHT

TO MY DAUGHTER ON HER BIRTHDAY

EPIGRAM ON MRS. PARKES'S PAMPHLET

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

A REFLECTION ON NEW YEAR'S EVE

A FIRST ATTEMPT IN RHYME

EPIGRAM ON THE CHINESE TREATY

ON THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY TAKEN BY THE DAGUERREOTYPE

EPIGRAM: ON THE DEPRECIATED MONEY

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EPIGRAM ON THE CHINESE TREATY

Our wars are ended—foreign battles cease,—
Great Britain owns an universal peace;
And Queen Victoria triumphs over all,
Still ‘Mistress of herself’ though China fall!