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Thomas Hood (23 May 1799 – 3 May 1845) was an English poet, author and humorist, best known for poems such as "The Bridge of Sighs" and "The Song of the Shirt". Hood wrote regularly for The London Magazine, Athenaeum, and Punch. He later published a magazine largely consisting of his own works.
John Hamilton Reynolds (9 September 1794 [1] – 15 November 1852) was an English poet, satirist, critic, and playwright.He was a close friend and correspondent of poet John Keats, whose letters to Reynolds constitute a significant body of Keats' poetic thought. [2]
"The Song of the Shirt" is a poem written by Thomas Hood in 1843. It was written in honour of a Mrs. Biddell, a widow and seamstress living in wretched conditions. In what was, at that time, common practice, Mrs. Biddell sewed trousers and shirts in her home using materials supplied to her by her employer for which she was forced to give a £ 2 ...
The poem was widely anthologised and frequently illustrated in books of Victorian poetry, including an etching by Sir John Everett Millais in 1858. It was also set to music by Reinhold Ludwig Herman (1849–1919). Along with Hood's other notable serious poem, "The Song of the Shirt", it influenced several Victorian artists.
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British dramatist Thomas W. Robertson dedicated his play Society (1864) to Hood — "To my dear friend Tom Hood this play is dedicated." [27] His sister, Frances Freeling Broderip, wrote a memoir of him that was published with an 1877 edition of his poems. [28]
One time Debbie punished Joseph for misbehavior, and he objected. “I can’t believe you did that – you’re supposed to be my friend,” he complained. She shot back: “I am your mother first. Then we can be friends.” And they were. Joseph went off into the Marines after an unsatisfying year at Drexel University and he and Debbie stayed ...
Robin Hood and the Beggar, II: Robin demands money from a beggar. When he refuses, Robin draws his bow, only to be beaten senseless with the beggar's staff. Three of Robin's men find him and set out to avenge their friend's disgrace. When they catch up with the beggar, he tricks them and escapes. 135: Robin Hood and the Shepherd