The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood


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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." - Summary by Carolin (19 hr 28 min)

Chapters

Biographical Introduction by William Michael Rossetti, part 1 19:12 Read by emceejohnnyg
Biographical Introduction by William Michael Rossetti, part 2 18:11 Read by emceejohnnyg
To Hope 3:21 Read by Nemo
The Departure of Summer 7:37 Read by Nemo
The Sea of Death 2:38 Read by Nemo
To an Absentee 1:25 Read by Dru Conway
Lycus the Centaur 27:23 Read by Simona Rusu
The Two Peacocks of Bedfont 14:36 Read by Simona Rusu
Hymn to the Sun 1:14 Read by Larry Wilson
Midnight 1:05 Read by RecordingPerson
To a Sleeping Child 2:14 Read by Nemo
To Fancy 1:01 Read by iloveyu
Fair Ines 2:39 Read by Dru Conway
To a False Friend 1:21 Read by Dru Conway
Ode - Autumn 3:03 Read by RecordingPerson
Sonnet - Silence 1:03 Read by iloveyu
Sonnet 1:07 Read by Jason in Panama
Sonnet - to an Enthusiast 1:01 Read by Kalynda
To a Cold Beauty 1:24 Read by Jason in Panama
Sonnet - Death 1:03 Read by iloveyu
Serenade 1:03 Read by RecordingPerson
Verses in an Album 0:44 Read by RecordingPerson
The Forsaken 1:40 Read by Dru Conway
Song 1:14 Read by Dru Conway
Song 1:29 Read by Dru Conway
Birthday Verses 1:03 Read by Dru Conway
I Love Thee 1:16 Read by Larry Wilson
Lines 1:19 Read by Dru Conway
False Poets and True 0:59 Read by Kalynda
The Two Swans 18:54 Read by Simona Rusu
Ode on a Distant Prospect of Clapham Academy 7:14 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Song 1:16 Read by Dru Conway
The Water Lady 1:14 Read by Larry Wilson
Autumn 1:00 Read by RecordingPerson
I Remember, I Remember! 1:31 Read by Craig Franklin
The Poet's Portion 2:27 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Ode to the Moon 4:44 Read by RecordingPerson
Sonnet 1:07 Read by Jason in Panama
A Retrospective Review 5:35 Read by Dru Conway
Ballad 1:21 Read by Dru Conway
Time, Hope and Memory 1:55 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Flowers 1:20 Read by John N. Daily
Ballad 1:35 Read by Dru Conway
Ruth 1:13 Read by John N. Daily
The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, I 19:46 Read by Peter Tucker
The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, II 19:57 Read by Peter Tucker
The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, III 19:52 Read by Peter Tucker
Hero and Leander, I 15:33 Read by Peter Tucker
Hero and Leander, II 14:50 Read by Peter Tucker
Hero and Leander, III 13:09 Read by Peter Tucker
Ballad 1:44 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Autumn 1:12 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Ballad 3:23 Read by Bruce Kachuk
The Exile 1:22 Read by Bruce Kachuk
To - 2:00 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Ode to Melancholy 8:17 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Sonnet - to my Wife 1:27 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Sonnet on Receiving a Gift 1:29 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Two Sonnets 2:35 Read by Bruce Kachuk
The Dream of Eugene Aram 9:16 Read by Craig Franklin
Sonnet - for the 14th of February 1:06 Read by Jason in Panama
The Death-Bed 1:23 Read by Dru Conway
Anticipation 2:02 Read by RecordingPerson
To a Child Embracing his Mother 1:44 Read by Dru Conway
Stanzas 1:18 Read by Dru Conway
Sonnet to Ocean 1:12 Read by Larry Wilson
To - 2:52 Read by Dru Conway
Lines 1:24 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Stanzas 1:29 Read by John N. Daily
Ode to Rae Wilson, Esq. 29:22 Read by Gloria Keawe
To my Daughter 1:35 Read by Dru Conway
Miss Kelmansegg and her Precious Leg - Her Pedigree and Her Christening 18:20 Read by Peter Tucker
Miss Kelmansegg and her Precious Leg - Her Childhood and Her Education 9:16 Read by Peter Tucker
Miss Kelmansegg and her Precious Leg - Her Accident and Her Fame 16:27 Read by Peter Tucker
Miss Kelmansegg and her Precious Leg - Her First Step and Her Fancy Ball 15:55 Read by Peter Tucker
Miss Kelmansegg and her Precious Leg - Her Dream and Her Courtship 15:35 Read by Peter Tucker
Miss Kelmansegg and her Precious Leg - Her Marriage and Her Honeymoon 23:42 Read by Peter Tucker
Miss Kelmansegg and her Precious Leg - Her Misery, Her Last Will, and Her Death 16:40 Read by Peter Tucker
The Lee Shore 1:23 Read by Dru Conway
Sonnet 1:05 Read by Jason in Panama
The Elm Tree 18:05 Read by Larry Wilson
Lear 1:12 Read by Larry Wilson
Sonnet 1:05 Read by Jason in Panama
The Song of the Shirt 5:00 Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
The Pauper's Christmas Carol 2:37 Read by Nemo
The Haunted House 18:06 Read by Nemo
The Mary 5:01 Read by Larry Wilson
The Lady's Dream 5:06 Read by davidmcl
The Key 6:03 Read by Larry Wilson
The Workhouse Clock 3:56 Read by Craig Franklin
The Bridge of Sighs 4:19 Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
The Lay of the Laborer 5:42 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Stanzas 1:20 Read by Dru Conway
Ode to Mr. Graham 12:41 Read by Dru Conway
A Friendly Address to Mrs. Fry in Newgate 11:03 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Ode to Richard Martin, Esq. 5:20 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Ode to the Great Unknown 17:28 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Ode to Joseph Grimaldi, Senior 7:16 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
An Address to the Steam Washing Company and Letter of Remonstrance 18:46 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Ode to Captain Parry 10:10 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Ode to W. Kitchener, M. D. 12:02 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Last Man 12:05 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Faithless Sally Brown 3:19 Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
As it Fell Upon a Day 1:36 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Stag-eyed Lady 9:32 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Irish Schoolmaster 19:07 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Faithless Nelly Gray 3:38 Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
Bianca's Dream 16:51 Read by Sonia
The Demon-ship 6:28 Read by Larry Wilson
Tim Turpin 3:16 Read by RecordingPerson
Death's Ramble 2:54 Read by Larry Wilson
A Sailor's Apology for Bow-Legs 5:38 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Volunteer 5:27 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Epping Hunt 25:01 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Drowning Ducks 4:52 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
A Storm at Hastings 15:42 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Lines to a Lady 2:37 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Angler's Farewell 3:36 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Ode - to the Advocates for the Removal of Smithfield Market 6:15 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
A Report from Below 7:05 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
'I'm not a Single Man' 2:47 Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
The Supper Superstition 3:58 Read by Dru Conway
The Duel 3:27 Read by Dru Conway
A Singular Exhibition at Somerset House 5:52 Read by Sonia
Lines to Mary 2:58 Read by Sonia
The Compass with Variations 9:59 Read by Sonia
The Ghost 3:09 Read by Dru Conway
The Fall 3:09 Read by Nemo
Our Village 4:58 Read by Patrick Wallace
A Public Dinner 5:16 Read by Patrick Wallace
Sally Simpkin's Lament 2:30 Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
Ode to Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart 6:07 Read by Gloria Keawe
The Lost Heir 6:32 Read by antonygirgis
The Fox and the Hen 3:53 Read by cathar maiden
The Poacher 3:01 Read by Dru Conway
A Waterloo Ballad 5:03 Read by Dru Conway
A Lay of Real Life 3:17 Read by Linda Olsen Fitak
The Sweep's Complaint 6:34 Read by antonygirgis
The Desert-Born 16:58 Read by cathar maiden
Agricultural Distress 7:32 Read by antonygirgis
Domestic Poems 7:06 Read by antonygirgis
The Green Man 9:21 Read by antonygirgis
Hit or Miss 12:44 Read by antonygirgis
The Forlorn Shepherd's Complaint 4:03 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Lieutenant Luff 3:35 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Morning Meditations 2:10 Read by Phil Schempf
A Plain Direction 5:07 Read by Dru Conway
The Assistant Drapers' Petition 3:54 Read by RajVO
The Bachelor's Dream 4:08 Read by Linda Olsen Fitak
Rural Felicity 7:01 Read by antonygirgis
A Flying Visit 8:01 Read by antonygirgis
Queen Mab 2:23 Read by Dru Conway
To Henrietta 3:42 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
A Parthian Glance 3:52 Read by Larry Wilson
A True Story 9:44 Read by Gloria Keawe
The Mermaid of Margate 5:53 Read by Gloria Keawe
A Fairy Tale 6:15 Read by Gloria Keawe
Craniology 5:22 Read by Larry Wilson
The Wee Man 3:04 Read by Dru Conway
The Progress of Art 5:02 Read by Nemo
Those Evening Bells 1:03 Read by Dru Conway
The Carelesse Nurse Mayd 1:03 Read by John N. Daily
Domestic Asides 2:04 Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
Shooting Pains 4:44 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
John Day 3:51 Read by Dru Conway
Huggins and Duggins 4:32 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The China-Mender 5:28 Read by Larry Wilson
Domestic Didactics 5:38 Read by Jason in Panama
Lament for the Decline of Chivalry 4:16 Read by Larry Wilson
Playing at Soldiers 4:03 Read by Larry Wilson
Mary's Ghost 2:17 Read by Dru Conway
The Widow 6:01 Read by Larry Wilson
An Open Question 8:25 Read by Larry Wilson
A Black Job 11:10 Read by Larry Wilson
Etching Moralised 13:15 Read by Larry Wilson
A Tale of a Trumpet, I 21:23 Read by Jason in Panama
A Tale of a Trumpet, II 17:49 Read by Jason in Panama
The Forge 20:33 Read by Larry Wilson
The University Feud 8:55 Read by Larry Wilson