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Thomas Hood

Son of a London bookseller, Thomas Hood was born in London on May 23, 1799, the third of six children and the second of two sons. In his twelfth year both his father and his brother died; he continued at a

I Remember, I Remember

by Thomas Hood (1799–1845)

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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 wink too soon,

Nor brought too long a day,

But now, I often wish the night

Had borne my breath away!

I remember, I remember,

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