| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 6066 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Hood (17991845) |
| QUOTATION: | 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 t is little joy To know I m farther off from heaven Than when I was a boy. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | I remember, I remember. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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