What did Thomas Hood mean by: There is not a string attuned to mirth but has its chord of melancholy. - Thomas Hood Poet · England Copy
+ To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hood, Conceited, Wind, 0 - Thomas Hood Poet · England
+ But evil is wrought by want of thought, As well as want of heart! Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hood, Atheism, Evil, Heart, 0 - Thomas Hood Poet · England
+ My books kept me from the ring, the dog-pit, the tavern, and the saloon. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hood, Book, Dog, Reading, 0 - Thomas Hood Poet · England
+ A name, it has more than nominal worth, And belongs to good or bad luck at birth Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hood, Birth, Luck, 0 - Thomas Hood Poet · England
+ How bravely Autumn paints upon the sky The gorgeous fame of Summer which is fled! Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hood, Autumn, Sky, Summer, 0 - Thomas Hood Poet · England
+ Frost is the greatest artist in our clime – he paints in nature and describes in rime. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hood, Artist, 0 - Thomas Hood Poet · England
+ No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds – November! Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hood, Butterfly, Flower, 0 - Thomas Hood Poet · England
+ There’s a double beauty whenever a swan Swims on a lake with her double thereon. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hood, Lakes, Swans, Swim, 0 - Thomas Hood Poet · England
Everything tender and melancholy – as life is sometimes, just for one moment. - Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica
The value of ourselves is but the value of our melancholy and our disquiet. - Maurice Maeterlinck Playwright · Belgium
A noble craft, but somehow a most melancholy! All noble things are touched with that. - Herman Melville Author · USA
Melancholy cannot be clearly proved to others, so it is better to be silent about it. - James Boswell
Nothing is really so poor and melancholy as art that is interested in itself and not in its subject. - George Santayana
I listen to Prince on my iPad. And I use a Chords & Scales app to warm up before performing. - Janelle Monae Singer-songwriter and actress
