I remember, I remember | I remember, I remember

by Thomas Hood (1799 - 1845)

I remember, I remember

Language: English

I remember, I remember
The house where I was born,
The little window where the sun
Came peeping in at morn;
He never came a wiink too soon,
Nor brought too long a day,
But now I 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 where the robin built,
And where my brother set
The laburnum on his birth-day, --
The tree is living yet!

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

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Text Authorship:

by Thomas Hood (1799 - 1845), "I remember, I remember", appears in Friendship's Offering, first published 1826 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by John Blockley (1800 - 1882), "I remember, I remember", published 1881 [ satb chorus a cappella ], in Our familiar songs and those who made them [sung text not yet checked]
by Edwin Greene , "I remember, I remember", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Peter Christian Lutkin (1858 - 1931), "I remember", published 1920 [ four-part chorus a cappella ], in The Progressive Music Series [sung text not yet checked]
by Robin Humphrey Milford (1903 - 1959), "I remember", published 1943 [ 2-part chorus of equal voices and piano ], from Joy and Memory [sung text not yet checked]
by Gen Louis Parchman (b. 1929), "I remember", 1964 [ soprano and piano ], from Cycle of Novelties [sung text not yet checked]
by Francis George Scott (1880 - 1958), "I remember, I remember", 1943 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Ward Stephens (1872 - 1940), "I remember, I remember", published <<1929 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Rudolph T. Werther (1896 - 1986), "I remember", 1945-70 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-01-10
Line count: 32
Word count: 175