Thomas Hood ( 10 of 13 )
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
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Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She hates the smell of roses!
A man perfect to the finger tips.
A man perfect to the finger tips.
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A greater liar than the Parthians.
A greater liar than the Parthians.
