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Thomas Hood, born on May 17, 1799, and died on May 3, 1845, was a prominent British poet. Known for his humor and satire, he is best remembered for his poem 'I Lost My Love'.

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“The moon, the moon, so silver and cold, Her fickle temper has oft been told, Now shade--now bright and sunny-- But of all the lunar things that change, The one that shows most fickle and strange, And takes the most eccentric range, Is the moon--so called--of honey!”

Shows Strange Cold Moon Range Silver Shade Honey Temper Sunny Eccentric Fickle

Book:Prose and verse

Source: Prose and verse

“The year's in wane; There is nothing adorning; The night has no eve, And the day has no morning; Cold winter gives warning!”

Giving Years Night Fall Morning Cold Winter Autumn Warning Autumn Days Winter Cold Winter Morning Autumn And Winter

Book:Poetical Works. --

Source: Poetical Works. --

“There is a silence where hath been no sound, There is a silence where no sound may be,- In the cold grave, under the deep, deep sea, Or in the wide desert where no life is found.”

Life May Life Is Found Sound Silence Sea Cold Wide Graves Desert Silence Is Deep Sea

Author:Thomas Hood

“Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold!”

Hard Cold Gold Yellow Jewelry

Book:The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hood: With a Biographical Sketch and Notes

Source: The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hood: With a Biographical Sketch and Notes

About the Author

Born: May 17, 1799
Died: May 3, 1845
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 92

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The Poetical Works of Thomas HoodRelated source material

Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hood (Illustrated)Related source material

The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hood: With a Biographical Sketch and NotesRelated source material

The poetical works of Thomas Hood, ed. by W.M. RossettiRelated source material

The Comic Poems of Thomas HoodRelated source material

Memorials: In 2 VolRelated source material

Prose and verseRelated source material

I Remember, I RememberRelated source material

Memorials of Thomas Hood, 2: Illustrated with Copies from His Own SketchesRelated source material

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