Show LIVES AS POET AND HUMORIST thomae thomas hood enriched english literature iter in his all too brief span of life thomas hood tha the english poet and humorist wag was bom born may 23 1799 and died may 3 1845 from 1821 when he became of the london magazine ho he devoted himself to a literary life in 1826 hood published whims and oddities 1 this being followed by national tales in prose there was also a volume of serious poetry which though well received did not acquire much popularity in 1830 bo he started e d the commie annual which during the eight years of its existence was as made the vehicle of many of hafl jus most remarkable productions from 1835 to 1840 hood lived on the continent because of failing herlth hie ilia experience while there furnished material for his up the rhine a series of imaginative letters the whimsical cuts inserted in the work as well as its combination of good sense and humor made it vera vcr popular when he be returned to england hood undertook the editorship of the new monthly magazine and continued it until 1843 the following far par he commenced his last period 1 ical entitled hoods magazine it contains some of his best productions though several of them nere ere written after his health had com given way and while ho he was propped up by pillows in bed hood is 19 unrivaled as a punster and seems to have been almost an equal master of the comic and pathetic in the latter style his song of the shirt is known the world over and as a burst of poetry and indignation very few works in the english language can compare with it |