Thomas hood

Poetry Atlas - The Mermaid of Margate by Thomas Hood Read The Mermaid of Margate and thousands of other famous poems about places. On Margate beach, where the sick one roams.

Born 31 Poultry and died at home in Devonshire Lodge, London. Example: '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.'

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Thomas Hood...May 23-1799-May 3-1845-English Poet...father of Tom Hood-playwright 1835-1874

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I Remember, I Remember by Thomas Hood: I remember, I remember, / The house where I was born, / The little window where the sun / Came peeping in at morn; / He never came a wink too soon, / Nor brought too long a day, / But now, I often wish the night / Had borne my breath away! I remember, I remember, / The roses, red and white, / The v...