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 their... The Poetical Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Page 135by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1900 - 692 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...stately ships go on To their haven under the hill: But oh, for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! Break, break, break,...of a day that is dead Will never come back to me, MOVE EASTWARD, HAPPY EARTH. COME HOT WHEN I AM DEAD. MOVE eastward, happy earth, and leave Yon orange... | |
| 1842 - 538 pages
...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 their haven under the...of a day that is dead Will never come back to me." Vol. ii. p. 229. Yet there are parts of these volumes which appear to us objectionable. We would rather... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 252 pages
...shouts with his sister at play ! 0 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...crags, O Sea ! But the tender grace of a day that is dead THE POET'S SONG. THE rain had fallen, the Poet arose, He pass'd by the town, and out of the... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1843 - 256 pages
...vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, 0 Sea ! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will...arose, He pass'd by the town, and out of the street ; A light wind blew from the gates of the sun, And waves of shadow went over the wheat, And he sat... | |
| 1858 - 598 pages
...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 their haven under the...grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to uie." In one though a very low sense, the fisher-boy in his boat on the laughing sea, the youth when... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 pages
...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 ! Break, break, break,...arose, He pass'd by the town, and out of the street; A light wind blew from the gates of the sun, And waves of shadow went over the wheat, And he sat him... | |
| 1846 - 436 pages
...stately ships go on To the haven under the hill ; But, O, for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! Break, break, break,...of a day that is dead Will never come back to me. MAN WAS MADE TO MOURN Burns. WHEN chill November's surly blast Made fields and forests bare, One evening,... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 402 pages
...vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still! Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, 0 Sea ! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will...arose, He pass'd by the town, and out of the street; A light wind blew from the gates of the sun, And waves of shadow went over the wheat, And he sat him... | |
| 1851 - 622 pages
...stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still. " Break, break, break,...of a day that is dead Will never come back to me." Out of these few simple words, deep, and melancholy, and sounding as the sea, as out of a well of the... | |
| Lewis Gaylord Clark - 1852 - 388 pages
...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 their haven under the...of a day that Is dead Will never come back to me.' THERE was much surrounding caehination where this circumstance was mentioned the other evening : A... | |
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