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Poem by Thomas Hood


On Lieutenant Eyre’s Narrative of the Disasters at Cabul


A sorry tale, of sorry plans,
Which this conclusion grants,
That Affghan clans had all the Khans
And we had all the cant’s.



Thomas Hood


Thomas Hood's other poems:
  1. The Boy at the Nore
  2. The Departure of Summer
  3. Ballad (She's up and gone, the graceless girl)
  4. To My Daughter on Her Birthday
  5. To Fancy


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