...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. It was not in the winter Our loving lot was cast ; It was the...

...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...

...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...

...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...know 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...

...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...know 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,...

...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 Robin. I told a little creature one day that...

...rememher, I rememher The fir-trees dark and high; I used to think their slender tops Were elose aguinst 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 hoy. THE BONG OF THE 8HIRT. With fingers weary and worn,...

...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...

...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...

...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...