Quote#Remembrance
I remember, I remember
Quote byWinthrop Mackworth Praed · 1802–1839
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "I remember, I remember" in The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed (published 1860) p. 248. Compare: " I remember, I remember / The house where I was born", Thomas Hood, I remember, I remember..
English (original)
I remember, I remember How my childhood fleeted by,— The mirth of its December And the warmth of its July.
— Winthrop Mackworth Praed
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