Hood, Thomas 1799-1845. British poet and editor who wrote comic and topical verse, including “The Dream of Eugene Aram” (1829) and “The Song of the Shirt” (1843).American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.