Sophocles long ago Heard it on the Aegean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery; we Find also in the sound a thought, Hearing it by this distant northern sea. Narrative and elegiac poems - Page 108by Matthew Arnold - 1869Full view - About this book
| 1894 - 868 pages
...cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. t-'ophocles, long ago, Heard it on the Jïgean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery." And yet another poet records the impression * V: \ w* STORM-CLOUDS. of melancholy borne in upon his... | |
| Augusta Jane Evans - 1879 - 494 pages
...cadence, slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles, long ago, Heard it on the JEgeaa, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery." CHAPTER XV. |TSS DEXTER, where is Muriel?" asked Dr. Grey, glancing around the library, where the governess... | |
| 1885 - 478 pages
...cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles long ago Heard it in the ./Egean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow...human misery ; we Find also in the sound a thought, The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, around earth's shore — Lay like the folds of a bright... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1879 - 392 pages
...cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles long ago Heard it on the JEgaean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human jnisery ; we Find also in the sound a thought, Hearing it by this distant northern sea. The sea of... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 342 pages
...cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles long ago Heard it on the ^Egaean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow...thought, Hearing it by this distant northern sea. VOL. II. F The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds... | |
| Alice Weber - 1882 - 364 pages
...then again begin, With tremulous cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. ... ***** The sea of faith Was once too, at the full, and round earth's shore D Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd. But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing... | |
| Augusta Jane Wilson - 1883 - 380 pages
...cadence, slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles, long ago. Heard it on the vEgean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery." CHAPTER XV. ULPIAN TAKES MURIEL FOR A DRIVE— DISCOVERS SALOME'S SECRET. ISS DEXTER, where is Muriel?"... | |
| George Herbert Curteis - 1885 - 216 pages
...feelings of non-Christian students seem a little mixed. In Mr. Matthew Arnold they are merely sad : — " The sea of Faith Was once too at the full ; and round Earth's shoro Lay, like the folds of a bright girdle, furled : But now I only hear Its melancholy, long withdrawing... | |
| George Herbert Curteis - 1885 - 216 pages
...feelings of non-Christian students seem a little mixed. In Mr. Matthew Arnold they are merely sad : — " The sea of Faith Was once too at the full ; and round Earth's shoro Lay, like the folds of a bright girdle, furled : But now I only hear Its melancholy, long withdrawing... | |
| 1886 - 224 pages
...cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles long ago Heard it on the ^Egean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery : we i'ind also in the sound a thought, Hearing it by this distant northern sea. The sea of faith Was once,... | |
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