O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still... Public Speaking for Business Men - Page 236by William George Hoffman - 1923 - 300 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...cold gray stones, O Sea ! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. Oh, well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at ell fo Oh, well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay! And the stately ships go... | |
| Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - 1891 - 342 pages
...1881.1 141 THE BinER CRY OF THE OUTCAST WtOlR-BOY. HIIIAK, break, break, 0 Trace, on my old top C ! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me ! 0, well for the fishmonger's boy That he shrieks his two notes above A. ! 0, well ior the tailor's son That he soars... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 250 pages
...watch me from the glen below. Ah, boar me with thee, lightly borne, Dip forward under starry light, BREAK, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, 0 Sea ! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play!... | |
| 1842 - 538 pages
...cold gray stones, O Sea ! And I would that my tongue could alter The thoughts that arise in me. " O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! " And the stately ships go on To... | |
| 1858 - 598 pages
...thy cold grey stones, O Sea ! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 pages
...thy cold gray stones, O Sea ! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1846 - 254 pages
...thee, lightly borne, Dip forward under starry light, BREAK, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O Sea ! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts...fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To... | |
| 1846 - 436 pages
...cold, gray stones, O Sea, And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. O, well for the fisherman's boy That he shouts with his sister at play ! O, well for the sailor lad That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To... | |
| 1851 - 622 pages
...philosophy, and godliness, rose into his mind, — " Break, break, break. On thy cold gray stones, O sea ! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts...fisherman's boy That he shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! " And the stately ships go on To... | |
| 1851 - 612 pages
...enshrined so much of the deepest affection, poetry, philosophy, and godliness, rose into his mind, — " Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, 0 sea ! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. " O well for the fisherman's boy That he shouts with his sister at play... | |
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