The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood

This is a collection of Thomas Hood's poems. Hood was an eminent British poet, regarded in particular for his humorous poetry, as well as his weird and fantastic poems. As William Michael Rossetti writes in his biographical sketch of Hood, "A man of such a faculty and such a habit of work could scarcely, in all instances, keep himself within the bounds of good taste - a term which people are far too ready to introduce into serious discussions, for the purpose of casting disparagement upon some work which transcends the ordinary standards of appreciation, but a term nevertheless which has its important meaning and its true place. Hood is too often like a man grinning awry, or interlarding serious and beautiful discourse with a nod, a wink, or a leer, neither requisite nor convenient as auxiliaries to his speech: and to do either of these things is to fail in perfect taste. Sometimes, not very often, we are allowed to reach the close of a poem of his without having our attention jogged and called off by a single interpolation of this kind; and then we feel unalloyed—what we constantly feel also even under the contrary conditions—how exquisite a poetic sense and how choice a cunning of hand were his. On the whole, we can pronounce Hood the finest English poet between the generation of Shelley and the generation of Tennyson."

By : Thomas Hood (1799 - 1845)

001 - Biographical Introduction by William Michael Rossetti, part 1 002 - Biographical Introduction by William Michael Rossetti, part 2 003 - To Hope 004 - The Departure of Summer 005 - The Sea of Death 006 - To an Absentee 007 - Lycus the Centaur 008 - The Two Peacocks of Bedfont 009 - Hymn to the Sun 010 - Midnight 011 - To a Sleeping Child 012 - To Fancy 013 - Fair Ines 014 - To a False Friend 015 - Ode - Autumn 016 - Sonnet - Silence 017 - Sonnet 018 - Sonnet - to an Enthusiast 019 - To a Cold Beauty 020 - Sonnet - Death 021 - Serenade 022 - Verses in an Album 023 - The Forsaken 024 - Song 025 - Song 026 - Birthday Verses 027 - I Love Thee 028 - Lines 029 - False Poets and True 030 - The Two Swans 031 - Ode on a Distant Prospect of Clapham Academy 032 - Song 033 - The Water Lady 034 - Autumn 035 - I Remember, I Remember! 036 - The Poet's Portion 037 - Ode to the Moon 038 - Sonnet 039 - A Retrospective Review 040 - Ballad 041 - Time, Hope and Memory 042 - Flowers 043 - Ballad 044 - Ruth 045 - The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, I 046 - The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, II 047 - The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, III 048 - Hero and Leander, I 049 - Hero and Leander, II 050 - Hero and Leander, III 051 - Ballad 052 - Autumn 053 - Ballad 054 - The Exile 055 - To 056 - Ode to Melancholy 057 - Sonnet - to my Wife 058 - Sonnet on Receiving a Gift 059 - Two Sonnets 060 - The Dream of Eugene Aram 061 - Sonnet - for the 14th of February 062 - The Death-Bed 063 - Anticipation 064 - To a Child Embracing his Mother 065 - Stanzas 066 - Sonnet to Ocean 067 - To 068 - Lines 069 - Stanzas 070 - Ode to Rae Wilson, Esq. 071 - To my Daughter 072 - Miss Kelmansegg and her Precious Leg - Her Pedigree and Her Christening 073 - Miss Kelmansegg and her Precious Leg - Her Childhood and Her Education 074 - Miss Kelmansegg and her Precious Leg - Her Accident and Her Fame 075 - Miss Kelmansegg and her Precious Leg - Her First Step and Her Fancy Ball 076 - Miss Kelmansegg and her Precious Leg - Her Dream and Her Courtship 077 - Miss Kelmansegg and her Precious Leg - Her Marriage and Her Honeymoon 078 - Miss Kelmansegg and her Precious Leg - Her Misery, Her Last Will, and Her Death 079 - The Lee Shore 080 - Sonnet 081 - The Elm Tree 082 - Lear 083 - Sonnet 084 - The Song of the Shirt 085 - The Pauper's Christmas Carol 086 - The Haunted House 087 - The Mary 088 - The Lady's Dream 089 - The Key 090 - The Workhouse Clock 091 - The Bridge of Sighs 092 - The Lay of the Laborer 093 - Stanzas 094 - Ode to Mr. Graham 095 - A Friendly Address to Mrs. Fry in Newgate 096 - Ode to Richard Martin, Esq. 097 - Ode to the Great Unknown 098 - Ode to Joseph Grimaldi, Senior 099 - An Address to the Steam Washing Company and Letter of Remonstrance 100 - Ode to Captain Parry 101 - Ode to W. Kitchener, M. D. 102 - The Last Man 103 - Faithless Sally Brown 104 - As it Fell Upon a Day 105 - The Stag-eyed Lady 106 - The Irish Schoolmaster 107 - Faithless Nelly Gray 108 - Bianca's Dream 109 - The Demon-ship 110 - Tim Turpin 111 - Death's Ramble 112 - A Sailor's Apology for Bow-Legs 113 - The Volunteer 114 - The Epping Hunt 115 - The Drowning Ducks 116 - A Storm at Hastings 117 - Lines to a Lady 118 - The Angler's Farewell 119 - Ode - to the Advocates for the Removal of Smithfield Market 120 - A Report from Below 121 - 'I'm not a Single Man' 122 - The Supper Superstition 123 - The Duel 124 - A Singular Exhibition at Somerset House 125 - Lines to Mary 126 - The Compass with Variations 127 - The Ghost 128 - The Fall 129 - Our Village 130 - A Public Dinner 131 - Sally Simpkin's Lament 132 - Ode to Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart 133 - The Lost Heir 134 - The Fox and the Hen 135 - The Poacher 136 - A Waterloo Ballad 137 - A Lay of Real Life 138 - The Sweep's Complaint 139 - The Desert-Born 140 - Agricultural Distress 141 - Domestic Poems 142 - The Green Man 143 - Hit or Miss 144 - The Forlorn Shepherd's Complaint 145 - Lieutenant Luff 146 - Morning Meditations 147 - A Plain Direction 148 - The Assistant Drapers' Petition 149 - The Bachelor's Dream 150 - Rural Felicity 151 - A Flying Visit 152 - Queen Mab 153 - To Henrietta 154 - A Parthian Glance 155 - A True Story 156 - The Mermaid of Margate 157 - A Fairy Tale 158 - Craniology 159 - The Wee Man 160 - The Progress of Art 161 - Those Evening Bells 162 - The Carelesse Nurse Mayd 163 - Domestic Asides 164 - Shooting Pains 165 - John Day 166 - Huggins and Duggins 167 - The China-Mender 168 - Domestic Didactics 169 - Lament for the Decline of Chivalry 170 - Playing at Soldiers 171 - Mary's Ghost 172 - The Widow 173 - An Open Question 174 - A Black Job 175 - Etching Moralised 176 - A Tale of a Trumpet, I 177 - A Tale of a Trumpet, II 178 - The Forge 179 - The University Feud