 But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the breath Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world.  The Melbourne Review - Page 871885Full view - About this book
 | Robert Hall Baynes - 1880 - 674 pages
...once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd J Bat now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing...vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world. To be sure, Mr. Arnold has a " basis of faith " sufficient, at any rate, for himself. His standpoint... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1867 - 226 pages
...thought, Hearing it by this distant northern sea. The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle...withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the night-wind down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world. Ah, love, let us be true To one... | |
 | 1868 - 986 pages
...meditating on tho sea, he thus mourns : — " The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle...roar, Retreating to the breath Of the night wind down tho vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world. " Ah, love, let us be true To one another ; for... | |
 | 1868 - 1078 pages
...Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd ; But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the night-wind down the vast edges drear, And naked shingles of the world. A picture sad enough, if true... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 286 pages
...Faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd; But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the night-wind down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world. Ah, love, let us be true To one... | |
 | Alexander MacLeod - 1870 - 328 pages
...hears a type of departing faith, for he adds : " The sea of faith Was once too at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle...withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the night-wind down the edges drear, And naked shingles of the world." In words like these there is no... | |
 | Octavius Brooks Frothingham - 1871 - 690 pages
...at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled, Now only Itts us hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating...vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world. In the business world, repeated instances of fraud painfully remind us of the unfragrant flats that... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1872 - 594 pages
...thought, Hearing it by this distant, northern sea, The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle...vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world. " Ah, love, let us be true To one another ! — for the world which seems To lie before us like a land... | |
 | 1882 - 966 pages
...nowhere yet to rest my head." or, again : "... The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle...withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the night-wind, down the'vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world." Meanwhile, as the old faith... | |
 | 1872 - 590 pages
...too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled ; But now 1 only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world. " Ah, love, let us be true To... | |
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