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Show PAST AND PRESENT. ' I remember, I remember The bouse where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping In at room ; Ho never came a wink too soon Nor brought too long a day; But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away. , f 1 remember, t remember , , . The roses, red and white, - The violets and the Illy cups -Those flowers mcde of light! The lliaco, where the robin built, And where my brother set The laburnum on bis birthday I The tree l living yotl -, I remember. 1 remember ! Where I was used to swing, j Andthougbtthealrmustrushasfresh To swallows on the wing; I Mr spirit flew In feathers then i That is so heavy now. And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow. I remember, 1 remember The fir trees dark aud 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. Thomas Hood. |