 O earth, what changes hast thou seen! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape...  In Memoriam, The Princess, and Maud - Page 123by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1902 - 335 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1881 - 622 pages
...long street roars hath besn The stillness of the central sea. ' The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt...lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go.' And then in another instant the poet proceeds thus : — ' But in my spirit will I dwell, And dream... | |
 | 1850 - 806 pages
...long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form; and nothing stands ; They melt...lands. Like clouds they shape themselves and go.' A passage wherein is harmonized sublimity of thought and of expression. For instant vividness, on the... | |
 | Charles Granville Gepp - 1830 - 194 pages
...long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt...will I dwell, And dream my dream, and hold it true ; For, though my lips may breathe adieu, I cannot think the thing " Farewell." Stanza I. 2. What changes,... | |
 | 1921 - 472 pages
...long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands; They melt like...lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go." (Tennyson, In Mrmorlam, cxx111.) In dealing, then, with the nature and relations of phenomena, we should... | |
 | 1891 - 850 pages
...long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt...solid lands Like clouds they shape themselves and go. It is remarkable that Browning, though supreme in his adjustment of moral harmony, and profoundly intellectual... | |
 | 1871 - 878 pages
...truths that never can be proved Until we close with all we loved And all we flow from, soul in soul." 1 In my spirit will I dwell, And dream my dream and hold it true." It has been said that " In Memoriam " is tinctured with scepticism. The sceptiAnd thus he considers... | |
 | 1871 - 808 pages
...breathers of an ampler day For ever nobler endi." But his dream must be true, because it is so noble : " In my spirit will I dwell, And dream my dream and hold it true." And thus he considers himself entitled to describe his lost friend not as what he really was, but as... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 236 pages
...long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt...will I dwell, And dream my dream, and hold it true ; For tho' my lips may hreathe adieu, I cannot think the thing farewell. CXXI. CXXII. THAT which we... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 272 pages
...long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt...will I dwell, And dream my dream, and hold it true ; For though my lips may breathe adieu, I cannot think the thing farewell. CXXII. THAT which we dare... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 228 pages
...street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow Prom form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like...will I dwell, And dream my dream, and hold it true ; For tho' my lips may breathe adieu, I cannot think the thing farewell. 130 CXXII. THAT which we dare... | |
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