Poem by Thomas Hood

No! (November)

		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!	

1. Stanzas (Is there a bitter pang for love removed)
2. Ballad (Sigh on, sad heart, for Love's eclipse)
3. Sonnet for the 14th of February
4. My Heart Is Sick with Longing
5. Sonnet on Receiving a Gift

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