Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther.
"Thomas Hood" was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland/British humorist and poet. His son, Tom Hood, became a well known playwright and editor.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous poets! More Thomas Hood on Wikipedia.To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind.
I saw old Autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like silence, listening To Silence.
Ben Battle was a soldier bold, / And used to war's alarms: / But a cannon-ball took off his legs, / So he laid down his arms.
I remember, I remember, / The house where I was born, / The little window where the sun / Came peeping in at morn.
With fingers weary and worn, / With eyelids heavy and red, / A woman sat in unwomanly rags, / Plying her needle and thread - / Stitch! stitch! stitch!
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,/ No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds, - November!
No sun - no moon! / No morn - no noon - / No dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day -.
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