Thomas Hood: Herring

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“There's a double beauty whenever a swan
Swims on a lake with her double thereon.”

Her Honeymoon; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century

“We watched her breathing through the night,
Her breathing soft and low,
As in her breast the wave of life
Kept heaving to and fro.”

The Death-Bed; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century

“Our very hopes belied our fears,
Our fears our hopes belied;
We thought her dying when she slept,
And sleeping when she died.”

The Death-Bed; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century

“A wife who preaches in her gown,
And lectures in her night-dress.”

The Surplice Question; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century