 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 The...  The Musical World - Page 1461858Full view - About this book
 | Robert Cowtan - 1866 - 436 pages
...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, the fir trees dark and high ; I used to think thcir slender tops went elose against the sky ; It was a childish ignorance, but now 'tis little joy... | |
 | English poetry - 1866 - 180 pages
...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, The fir-trees, dark and high; I used to think their slender topa 'Were close against the sky. It was a... | |
 | 1982 - 348 pages
...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 The fir-trees dark and high; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky. It was a childish... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...his legs, So he laid down his arms. (1. 1 -4) BXAP; EnRP; FaBoCo; NA; NOBL / Remember, I Remember 5 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... | |
 | Raymond A. Young - 1995 - 550 pages
...Zone. This theme is reinforced by the epigraph from Thomas Hood that precedes the narrative itself: 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... | |
 | Bert Almon - 1998 - 490 pages
...their child. He uses one stanza from Hood as epigraph to the book, using capital letters for emphasis: 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... | |
 | Michael Seed - 2000 - 194 pages
...in feathers then, That is so heavy now, 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 tops Were close against the sky: It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy To know I'm farther off from... | |
 | 1956 - 356 pages
...Remember, I Remember', Thomas Hood wrote with wistful pathos: 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 240 But now 'tis little joy To know, I'm farther off from... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - 778 pages
...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,...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... | |
 | Ashby Bland Crowder - 2004 - 430 pages
...childhood, Farther Off from Heaven, which takes its title from Thomas Hood's "I Remember": I remember, 1 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... | |
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