 | 1845 - 624 pàgines
...and high ; I used to think their spiry 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 ! "SirFowell Buxton delighted in children, and they, with their instinctive perception of those that... | |
 | 1826 - 480 pàgines
...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 ! THE NEW YEAR. 1. A YEAR— another year— has fled ! Here let me rest awhile, As they who stand around... | |
 | Thomas Kibble Hervey - 1826 - 458 pàgines
...; 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 ! THE NEW YEAR. l. A YEAR—another year—has fled ! Here let me rest awhile, As they who stand around the... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1827 - 180 pàgines
...cool The fever on my brow ! IV. 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'u Than when I was a boy. BALLAD.... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1827 - 240 pàgines
...cool The fever on my brow ! IV. 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.... | |
 | Lyre - 1830 - 396 pàgines
...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 ! THE EAST INDIAMAN. DY THE AUTHOR OF ROUGE ET NOIR. How like • yonnker, or > prodigal, The scarfed bark... | |
 | 1863 - 622 pàgines
...not forced. For example : — 1 1 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 heaven Than when I was a boy.' Again:... | |
 | 1838 - 332 pàgines
...think their slender spires Were clowe 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 ! HOOD. THE EAST INDIAMAN. How like a younker, or a prodigal, The scarfed bark puts from her native... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 336 pàgines
...hardly, cool The fever on my hrow ! I rememher, I rememher, 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 bov. ODE.... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 348 pàgines
...hardly 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 bov. ODE.... | |
| |
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, I remember... 
