DOVER BEACH THE sea is calm to-night. The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits ; — on the French coast the light Gleams and is gone ; the cliffs of England stand, Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay. Matthew Arnold, how to Know Him - Page 66by Stuart Pratt Sherman - 1917 - 326 pagesFull view - About this book
| Matthew Arnold - 1867 - 226 pages
...the pier. — Ah, might I always rest unseen, So I might have thee always near ! DOVER BEACH. rilHE sea is calm to-night, The tide is full, the moon lies...the tranquil bay. Come to the window, sweet is the night air! Only, from the long line of spray Where the ebb meets the moon-blanched sand, Listen ! you... | |
| 1869 - 898 pages
...expression to this complaint, is at once the finest and most despondent of these poems : DOVER BEACH. The sea is calm to-night, The tide is full, the moon...the tranquil bay. Come to the window, sweet is the night air Only from the line of spray 668 The Poetry of the Tear. €69 Where the ebb meets the moon-blanch'd... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 286 pages
...Rhine! To-night those soft-fringed eyes shall close Beneath one roof, my queen! with mine. DOVER BEACH. T^HE sea is calm to-night, The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits;—on the French coast, the light Gleams, and is gone; the cliffs of England stand, Glimmering... | |
| 1872 - 590 pages
...poem which displays all his characteristic excellences in a remarkable degree : — " DOVER BEACH. " The sea is calm to-night, The tide is full, the moon...Glimmering and vast out in the tranquil bay. Come to the windows, sweet is the night air ! Only from the long line of spray, Where the ebb meets the moon-blanched... | |
| 1872 - 1176 pages
...poem which displays all his characteristic excellences in a remarkable degree : — " DOVER BBACH. " The sea is calm to-night, The tide is full, the moon...the French coast the light Gleams, and is gone ; the clins of England stand Glimmering and vast out in the tranquil bay. Come to the windows, sweet is the... | |
| Martha Le Baron Goddard - 1874 - 248 pages
...on, and tells its woe To the pitiless breakers of Appledore. JAMES R. LOWELL. DOVER BEACH. /"T"VHE sea is calm to-night, •^ The tide is full, the moon...the tranquil bay. Come to the window, sweet is the night air ! Only from the long line of spray, Where the ebb meets the moon-blanched sand, Listen !... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 290 pages
...unhearing tide, — The world his country, and his God his guide. William Lisle Bowles DOVER BEACH. THE sea is calm to-night, The tide is full, the moon...night-air! Only from the long line of spray Where the ebb meets the moon-blanched sand, Listen ! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves suck... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 294 pages
...unhearing tide, — The world his country, and his God his guide. DOVER BEACH. William Lisle Bowles THE sea is calm to-night, The tide is full, the moon...night-air! Only from the long line of spray Where the ebb meets the moon-blanched sand, Listen! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves suck... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...nations : I disperse Men to all shores that front the hoary main. RALPH WALDO EUEKSON. DOVER BEACH. THE sea is calm to-night, The tide is full, the moon...stand, Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay. Como to the window ; sweet is the night air ! Only, from the long line of spray Where the ebb meets... | |
| William Davenport Adams - 1878 - 416 pages
...sun's noon heat, Lo, tender pulses round thee beat, 0 late and sweet ! MARY TOWNLKY. DOVER BEACH. DHE sea is calm to-night, The tide is full, the moon lies...the tranquil bay. Come to the window, sweet is the night air ! Only, from the long line of spray Where the ebb meets the moon-blanch'd sand, Listen !... | |
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