Thomas Hughes

Thomas Hughes (20 October 1822 – 22 March 1896) was an English lawyer and author. He is most famous for his novel Tom Brown's School Days (1857), a semi-autobiographical work set at Rugby School, which Hughes had attended. It had a lesser-known sequel, Tom Brown at Oxford (1861).

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    Lord Thomas was buried in the church,
    Fair Ellinor in the choir;
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    And out of Lord Thomas a briar.
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    Coming about its own business
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    The window is starless still; the clock ticks,
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