| 1853 - 906 str.
...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... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1854 - 536 str.
...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...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. BALLAD. SIGH on, sad heart,... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1854 - 424 str.
...now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow ! I remember, I remember The fir trees dark and high ; I used to think their slender tops...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 str.
...now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow ! I remember, I remember, The fir trees dark and high ; I used to think their slender tops...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 str.
...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... | |
| Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 str.
...in heaven! W. Martin. I remember, I remember The fir-trees dark and high, I used to think their tiny tops Were close against the sky: It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy, To know I 'm farther off from heaven Than when I was a boy! T. Hood Blessed Jesus ever loved to trace The innocent... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1855 - 922 str.
...childhood, we had no adequate representation of the happy, happy days of which Hood sings so feelingly : — I remember, I remember The fir-trees, dark and high...I'm farther off from Heaven Than when I was a boy. After Mr. Disraeli set the example, and exhibited his nuggets, the novelists all began to flock to... | |
| Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1855 - 404 str.
...A raccoon, in the woods, was equal to a grisly bear; and a wild turkey was as tall as a giraffe! " I remember, I remember The fir-trees dark and high;...I'm farther off from heaven Than when I was a boy." But really, this Tom Titmouse. What shall I do? I have used up my paper aud must beg you, good reader,... | |
| 1856 - 518 str.
...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...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... | |
| David Macbeth Moir - 1856 - 362 str.
...robin built, And where my brother set The laburnum on his birth-day, — The tree is growing yet ! I remember, I remember The fir-trees dark and high...'tis little joy To know I'm farther off from heaven Then when I was a boy !" For a long time Hood seemed content to take his place as a mere clever rhyming... | |
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