• The progress from infancy to boyhood is imperceptible. In that long dawn of the mind we take but little heed. The years pass by us, one by one, little distinguishable from each other. But when the intellectual sun of our life is risen, we take due note of joy and sorrow.

  Barry Cornwall
  English poet (pen name of Bryan Procter) 1787-1874
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1. distinguishable
2. intellectual
3. boyhood
4. little
5. sorrow
6. other

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The progress from infancy to boyhood is imperceptible. In that long dawn of the mind we take but little heed. The years pass by us, one by one, little distinguishable from each other. But when the intellectual sun of our life is risen, we take due note of joy and sorrow. by : Barry Cornwall

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