 The Sea of 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...  The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse - Page 367edited by - 1913 - 1023 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1868 - 1078 pages
...Mr. Arnold's despair for the world ? The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd...vast edges drear, And naked shingles of the world. A picture sad enough, if true ; but is it true ? Whatever be the faults of our age — and we do not... | |
 | 1869 - 898 pages
...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 furl'd...I only hear Its melancholy, long withdrawing roar Betreating to the breath Of the night-winds down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world.... | |
 | Alexander MacLeod - 1870 - 328 pages
...faith Was once too at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled ; But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing...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 light for the blind... | |
 | 1872 - 1176 pages
...too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle fuiled ; But now 1 only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,...naked shingles of the world. " Ah, love, let us be (me To one another ! — for the world which seems To lie before us like a land of dreams, So various,... | |
 | 1882 - 966 pages
...faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled, 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." Meanwhile, as the old faith began to lose power,... | |
 | James Brown - 1878 - 258 pages
...poetry for grandeur and breadth : — The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore, Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd...vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world. If Mr. Arnold's poetical theory be true, when speaking of Heine, he tells us that all genius is but... | |
 | James Brown Selkirk - 1878 - 260 pages
...poetry for grandeur and breadth : — The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore, Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd...vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world. If Mr. Arnold's poetical theory be true, when speaking of Heine, he tells us that all genius is but... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1879 - 392 pages
...The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a brigty girdle furl'd. But now I only hear Its melancholy,...shingles of the world. Ah, love, let us be true To one another 1 for the world, which seems To lie before us like a land of dreams, So various, so beautiful,... | |
 | John White Chadwick - 1879 - 368 pages
...Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled ; But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing...vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world.* Now, is there truth in this as well as poetry ? If there is, and if the faith, the loss of which is... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1884 - 396 pages
...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 furl'd....roar, Retreating, to the breath Of the night-wind, clown the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world. Ah, love, let us be true To one another... | |
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