November 26, 2005

A smattering of verse

Timely, but what's up with the friggin' hyphens, Tom?!?

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No!

by Thomas Hood, 1799-1845

No sun–no moon!
No morn–no noon–
No dawn–no dusk–no proper time of day–
No sky–no earthly view–
No distance looking blue–
No road–no street–no 't' other side the way–
No end to any row–
No indications where the crescents go–
No top to any steeple–
No recognitions of familiar people–
No courtesies for showing 'em–
No knowing 'em!–
No travellng at all–no locomotion,
No inkling of the way–no notion–
'No go'–by land or ocean–
No mail–no post–
No news from any foreign coast–
No park–no ring–no afternoon gentility–
No company–no nobility–
no warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
No comfortable feel in any member–
No shade, no shine, no betterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds,–
November!

Posted by eric at November 26, 2005 02:08 PM
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