I remember, I remembe The house where I was born -
The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn; He never came a week too soon, Nor brought too long a day; But now, often wish the night; Had borne my breath away!

I remember, I remember The roses red and white, The violets and the lily-cups - Those flowers made of light! The lilacs after the robin built, And where my brother set
The labor laburnum on his birth-day-
The tree is living yet!

I remember, I remember Where I used to swing, And though 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 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 father off from heaven Than when I was a boy.

- Thomas Hood

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