Thomas Hood

And daisy-stars, whose firmament is green.

And daisy-stars, whose firmament is green.

For my part getting up seems not so easy
By half as lying.

For my part getting up seems not so easy
By half as lying.

The cowslip is a country wench.

The cowslip is a country wench.

But who would rush at a benighted man, and give him two black eyes for being blind?.

But who would rush at a benighted man, and give him two black eyes for being blind?.

Spontaneously to God should turn the soul,
Like the magnetic needle to the pole;
But what were read more

Spontaneously to God should turn the soul,
Like the magnetic needle to the pole;
But what were that intrinsic virtue worth,
Suppose some fellow, with more zeal than knowledge,
Fresh from St. Andrew's College,
Should nail the conscious needle to the north?