Tuesday 1 November 2011

No!

       No sun -- no moon!
       No morn -- no noon --
No dawn -- no dusk -- no proper time of day --
       No sky -- no earthly view --
       No distance looking blue --
No road -- no street -- no 't'other side the way' --
       No end to any Row --
       No indications where the Crescents go --
       No top to any steeple --
No recognitions of familiar people --
       No courtesies for showing 'em --
       No knowing em'! --
No travelling at all -- no locomotion --
No inkling of the way -- no notion --
        'No go' -- by land or ocean --
        No mail -- no post --
No news from any foreign coast --
No Park -- no Ring -- no afternoon gentility --
        No company -- no nobility --
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
   No comfortable feel in any member --
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
   No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds --
       November!
                                                    Thomas Hood

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