...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,...I'm farther off from heaven, Than when I was a boy. HoOD. XXXI. MUTABILITY. " THE time in which I live is but a small moment of this world's history. It...

...high ; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky : It was a childish ignoranee, But now 'tis little joy To know I'm farther off from heaven Than when I was a boy. THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly...

...spoke his simple, earnest faith. He was not the only one who can feel the pathos of the ballad — "But now, 'tis little joy — To know I'm farther off from heaven Than when I was a boy." Manhood's trust has been tried to the very core ; it has been buffeted by doubts and weakened by temptation,...

...brother set The liburuam on his birth-day — The tree is living yet ! I remember, I remember, When I was used to swing, And thought the air must rush...I'm farther off from heaven Than when I was a boy. CVIII.— EARTH'S ANGELS. ANONYMOUS. WHY come not spirits from the realms of glory, To visit earth...

...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...

...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;...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,...

...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...

...brow. 4. 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...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,...

...in it, " 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,—...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 striving...

...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 I sadly...