 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.  Rough-hewn - Page 273by Dorothy Canfield Fisher - 1922 - 504 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Hall Baynes - 1880 - 674 pages
...once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd J Bat 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. To be sure, Mr. Arnold has a... | |
 | 1868 - 1078 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 1868 - 986 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 roar, Retreating to the breath Of the night wind down tho vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world. " Ah, love, let us be true To... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 286 pages
...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...vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world. Ah, love, let us be true To one another! for the world, which seems To lie before us like a land of... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Octavius Brooks Frothingham - 1871 - 690 pages
...at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled, Now only Itts us 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. In the business world, repeated... | |
 | 1872 - 590 pages
...too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled ; But now 1 only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,...vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world. " Ah, love, let us be true To one another ! — for the world which seems To lie before us like a land... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1872 - 594 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 roar, Retreating to the breath Of the night- wind, down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world. " Ah, love, let us be true... | |
 | Martha Le Baron Goddard - 1874 - 248 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. AT BAY RIDGE, LI IOI Ah, love,... | |
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