Thomas Hood Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

62 Famous Quotes by Thomas Hood
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“And daisy-stars, whose firmament is green.”
Daisies Quotes
Source: Plea of the Midsummer Fairies (36)
“Stoop where thou wilt, thy careless hand Some random bud will meet; Thou canst not tread, but thou wilt find The daisy at thy feet.”
Daisies Quotes
Source: Song
“It's very hard! Oh, Dick, my boy, It's very hard one can't enjoy A little private spouting; But sure as Lear or Hamlet lives, Up comes our master, Bounce! and gives The tragic Muse a routing.”
Acting Quotes
Source: The Stage-Struck Hero
“Seem'd washing his hand with invisible soap In imperceptible water.”
Imagination Quotes
Source: Miss Kilmansegg--Her Christening
“It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy To know I'm further off from heaven Than when I was a boy.”
Ignorance Quotes
Source: I Remember, I Remember
“Over the brink of it Picture it--think of it, Dissolute man. Lave in it--drink of it Then, if you can.”
Humanity Quotes
Source: Bridge of Sighs
“Oh, God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap!”
Humanity Quotes
Source: Song of the Shirt
“One more unfortunate Weary of breath, Rashly importunate, Gone to her death!”
Misfortune Quotes
Source: Bridge of Sighs
“Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; Fashioned so slenderly, Young and so fair!”
Misfortune Quotes
Source: Bridge of Sighs
“How bravely Autumn paints upon the sky The gorgeous fame of Summer which is fled!”
Sky Quotes
Source: Written in a Volume of Shakespeare
“Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold.”
Gold Quotes
“But who would rush at a benighted man, and give him two black eyes for being blind?.”
Miscellaneous Quotes