 | 1903 - 1362 pages
...unknown. That was the impulse which stirred old Ulysses to set forth once more upon his travels. " For my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and...stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash as down. It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew." "It may... | |
 | 1870 - 786 pages
...port has this destination, and will bear you thither if you will. " It may be that the gulfs shall wash us down : It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew," absently murmured Lucy, looking on this beautiful apparition. " But I can't... | |
 | 1859 - 682 pages
...In haste was climbing up the eastern hill, Full envious that Night so long his place did fill. (29.) For my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. (30.) Thus conscience does make cowards of us all ; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1859 - 636 pages
...thought.' Therefore will he quit again his patrimonial dominions, and say to his brave comrades — ' My purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die.' So likewise our hardy De Foe, after reposing for a while in ' easy circumstances ' at Newington, ventures... | |
 | William Chambers - 1859 - 600 pages
...thought.' Therefore will he quit again his patrimonial dominions, and say to his brave comrades — ' My purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until 1 die.' So likewise our hardy De Foe, after reposing for a while in ' easy circumstances' at Newington,... | |
 | 1859 - 522 pages
...naval service of Great Britain. like the Ulysses of Dante and of Tennyson, they were bound — " To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars" — until they died. Tt is all the more our duty to acknowledge that they did the work they were sont to do.... | |
 | William Allingham - 1860 - 316 pages
...not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and...we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles whom we knew. Though much is taken, much abides ; and tho' We are not now that strength which... | |
 | 1865 - 810 pages
...these hot, melancholy forests. Give me your hand, my boy. We are vowed to one another henceforward. ' It may be that the gulfs will wash us down ; It may...we shall touch the happy isles, And see the great Achilles, whom, we knew.' " I cast a look of gratitude at Tom Williams. " But," I said, " what will... | |
 | John Brown - 1860 - 88 pages
...first discoverer of a North- West Passage, . . . the one thing left undone." * They were bound " To sail beyond the sunset and the baths Of all the western stars," until they died, and " it is all the more our duty to acknowledge that they did the work they were sent to... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 366 pages
...not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and...we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Though much is taken, much abides ; and though We are not now that strength... | |
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Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It... 
