In ancient shadows and twilights Where childhood had strayed, The world's great sorrows were born And its heroes were made. In the lost boyhood of Judas, Christ was betrayed.

-Russell, GeorgeWilliam pseudonym  Ó
  Enchantment and Other Poems,'Germinal'.

Iown Ilike definiteforminwhat myeyesaretorest upon; and if landscapes were sold, likethe sheets of characters of my boyhood, one penny plain and twopence coloured, I should go the length of twopence every day of my life.

-Stevenson, Robert Louis
  Travels with a Donkey,'FatherApollinaris'.