 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- Heaven Than when I was a boy.  The Every Day Book for Youth - Page 249by Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 415 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Cornish - 1857 - 362 pages
...could find no relief in nature, he said, with a smile, that had more of sadness than mirth in it, " I remember, I remember, The fir trees dark and high...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." " Not really, Hugh," said... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1857 - 418 pages
...away, The last still loveliest, till — 'tis gone — and all is gray. BYBON. A CHILD'S THOUGHT. 1 remember, I remember The fir trees dark and high ;...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... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...; And summer pools could hardly cool the fever on my brow. 4. I remember, I remember, the fir-trees dark and high ; I used to think their slender spires...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. LESSON LI I. BE-NIO'NANT,... | |
 | Maria Shepherd - Women prisoners - 1857 - 120 pages
...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 ignorance, 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... | |
 | Music - 1858 - 846 pages
...swallows on the wing ! My spirit flew on feathers then, Thut is so heavy now, And summer pools will hardly cool The fever on my brow. I remember, I remember,...trees dark and high — I used to think their slender tops Were close «gainst the sky ! It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy To know I'm... | |
 | Robert Steel (D.D.) - Christian biography - 1858 - 484 pages
...poet : — " 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 'tis little joy " To ENOW Fm farther off from heaven Than when I vat a boy" The school days of Frank... | |
 | M. M. Bell - English fiction - 1858 - 442 pages
...memory : — " 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 feel I'm further off from heaven than when I wara boy." " True, true," he murmured,... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 120 pages
...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,...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. THE CHRISTIAN PAUPER'S... | |
 | William Leask - 1859 - 368 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Education - 1859 - 396 pages
...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 Ч is little joy To know I 'm further off from heaven Than when I was a boy. For Declamation. FAITH... | |
| |
