Thomas Hood Poems

I Remember, I Remember

I remember, I remember
The house where I was born,
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No sun - no moon!
No morn - no noon -
No dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day.
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
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Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold
Molten, graven, hammered and rolled,
Heavy to get and light to hold,
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No sun--no moon!
No morn--no noon!
No dawn--no dusk--no proper time of day--
No sky--no earthly view--
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A lake and a fairy boat
To sail in the moonlight clear, -
And merrily we would float
From the dragons that watch us here!
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I Saw old Autumn in the misty morn
Stand shadowless like Silence, listening
To silence, for no lonely bird would sing
Into his hollow ear from woods forlorn,
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One more Unfortunate,
Weary of breath,
Rashly importunate,
Gone to her death!
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I remember, I remember
The house where I was born,
The little window where the sun
Came peeping in at morn;
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The Song of the Shirt

With fingers weary and worn,
With eyelids heavy and red,
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I had a vision in the summer light—
Sorrow was in it, and my inward sight
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