Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume V. Nature. 1904. | | | | III. The Seasons | | No! | | Thomas Hood (1799–1845) |
| | | NO sun—no moon! | |
| No morn—no noon— | |
| No dawn—no dust—no proper time of day— | |
| No sky—no earthly view— | |
| No distance looking blue— | 5 |
| 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— | 10 |
| 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— | 15 |
| 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, | 20 |
| No comfortable feel in any member— | |
| No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, | |
| No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds, | |
| November! | | | | |
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