 ... I remember, I remember Where I was used to swing, And thought the air must rush as fresh To swallows on the wing; My spirit flew in feathers then That is so heavy now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow. I remember...  The Marlburian - Pagina 61door Marlborough coll - 1885Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1851 - 496 pagina’s
...brow ! I remember, I remember, The fir trees dark and high ; I used to think their slender spires, Were close against the sky ! It was a childish ignorance, — But now 'tis little joy To know I'm further off from heaven, Than when I was a boy. CAKOLINE NOETON. AN EMBLEM OF LIFE. OH ! life is like... | |
 | Thomas Binney - 1851 - 166 pagina’s
...applies : — " I remember — I remember The poplars straight and high ; I used to think their spiry tops Were close against the sky. " It was a childish ignorance, But now 't is little joy To KNOW I 'm further off from heaven Than when I mas a boy." Sir Powell Buxton delighted... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 pagina’s
...cool The fever on my brow ! I remember, I remember, The fir trees dark and high; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky : It was a...ignorance, But now 'tis little joy To know I'm farther otf from heav'n Than when I was a boy. Ode. Oh! well may poets make a fuss In summer time, and sigh,... | |
 | Alice Bradley Haven - 1857 - 210 pagina’s
...spoke his simple, earnest faith. He was not the only one who can feel the pathos of the ballad — "But now, 'tis little joy — To know I'm farther off from heaven Than when I was a boy." Manhood's trust has been tried to the very core ; it has been buffeted by doubts and weakened by temptation,... | |
 | 1853 - 458 pagina’s
...The fever on my brow ! I remember, I remember, The fir-trees dark and high ; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky : It was a...I'm farther off from heaven Than when I was a boy. CVIII.— EARTH'S ANGELS. ANONYMOUS. WHY come not spirits from the realms of glory, To visit earth... | |
 | 1853 - 906 pagina’s
...displaced, and left afloat, they know not where, in infinite space. Hood, in "1 remember," truly says— " It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy,...I'm farther off from heaven Than when I was a boy." A poor, ignorant woman in England disputed with an Astronomer concerning the stars. She contended that... | |
 | Mrs. J. S. F. Lunt - 1853 - 144 pagina’s
...FRIEND. 16 I remember, I remember The fir-trees, dark and high; I used to think their slender spires Were close against the sky ! It was a childish ignorance,— But now ft is little joyTo know I *m further oft' from heaven Than when I was a boy ! HOOD. TO A FRIEND. Tis... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 424 pagina’s
...cool The fever on my brow ! I remember, I remember The fir trees dark and high ; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky : It was a...childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy To know I 'm farther off from heav'n Than when I was a boy. BALLAD. SIGH on sad heart, for Love's eclipse And... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 428 pagina’s
...The fever on my brow ! I remember, I remember, The fir trees dark and high ; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky : It was a...childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy To know Fm farther off from heaven Than wnen I was a boy. THE PORTRAIT: BEING AN APOLOGY FOB. NOT MAKING AN... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 pagina’s
...brow ! I remember, I remember, The fir trees dark and high ; I used to think their slender spires, Were close against the sky ! It was a childish ignorance, — But now 'tis little joy To know I'm further off from heaven, Than when I was a boy. Hood. 1. What says the poet of the house, the summer... | |
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