 ... 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
 | Noah Webster - 1856 - 168 pagina’s
...yet! I re-mem-ber, I re-mem-ber, The fir-trees dark and high; I used to think their slen-der spires Were close a-gainst the sky ! It was a child-ish ig-nor-ance,—...now 'tis lit-tle joy To know I'm far-ther off from heav'n Than when I was a boy.—T. HOOD. LESSON CXCVIII. THE BUT-TER-FLY. LIT-TLE Ru-dolf came run-ning... | |
 | 1856 - 518 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 I'm further off from heaven Than when I was a boy. THOMAS HooD 10. GOLD. Qoi.u ! gold ! gold ! gold ! Bright... | |
 | Collection - 1856 - 120 pagina’s
...living yet ! 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. Tlie Beggar s Petition. PITY the sorrows of a... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pagina’s
...I remember, I remember. 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 't is little joy To know I 'm further off from heaven Than when I was a boy. Miss Kilmansegg. Seemed... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1857 - 394 pagina’s
...brow. 4. 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...I'm farther off from heaven than when I was a boy. T. HOOD. LESSON LI I. BE-NIO'NANT, kind, gracious, benevolent DCS-CLOSE', to lay open to the view,... | |
 | Cornish - 1857 - 362 pagina’s
...in it, " 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,—...I'm farther off from heaven Than when I was a boy." " Not really, Hugh," said Mabel; " more may be expected of us now than formerly, but if we are striving... | |
 | Maria Shepherd - 1857 - 120 pagina’s
...Hood says : — " I remember, I remember The poplars dark and high ; I used to think their pointed tops Were close against the sky : It was a childish...But now 'tis little joy To know I'm farther off from H eav'n Than when I was a Boy !" Take, for instance, the Robin. I told a little creature one day that... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1857 - 420 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... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1857 - 418 pagina’s
...THOUGHT. 1 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. SAD MEMORIES. As a beam o'er the face of the... | |
 | Matthias Cathrow Turner - 1857 - 256 pagina’s
...harangue with the assertion, " I feel it now," as the poet, poor Tom Hood says—" I feel 'tis now " but little joy, To know I'm farther off from heaven, Than when I was a boy!" Well! Farewell, ladies! May you be happy! and each find a "husiband galliant and gay!"—though I sadly... | |
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