What joy have I in June's return? My feet are parched—my ey… - Thomas Hood

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What joy have I in June's return? My feet are parched—my eyeballs burn, I scent no flowery gust; But faint the flagging Zephyr springs, With dry Macadam on its wings, And turns me "dust to dust."

Thomas Hood

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Thomas Hood (May 23, 1799 – May 3, 1845) was an English humorist and poet.

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His death which happened in his berth,
At forty-odd befell:
They went and told the sexton, and
The sexton tolled the bell.

Even God's providence Seeming estranged.

Peace and rest at length have come All the day's long toil is past,
And each heart is whispering, "Home, Home at last."

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