Careful Words

farther (adv.)

farther (adj.)

  It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.

Mathew Henry (1662-1714): Commentaries. Jeremiah vii.

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.

Thomas Hood (1798-1845): I remember, I remember.