 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.  The Andover Review - Sida 1091891Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Matthew Arnold - 1867 - 226 sidor
...flow Of human misery; we Find also in the sound a thought, Hearing it by this distant northern sea. The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round...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.... | |
 | Robert Hall Baynes - 1880 - 674 sidor
...Syrian town ; And on his grave, with shining eyes, The Syrian stars look down. Elsewhere we read : The sea of faith Was 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... | |
 | 1868 - 986 sidor
...name for despair. Writing on Dover Beach, and naturally meditating on tho sea, he thus mourns : — " The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round...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.... | |
 | 1868 - 1078 sidor
...Crucified, "Thy kingdom come," there is far other hope. And what of Mr. Arnold's despair for the world ? The sea of 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 roar, Retreating to the breath Of the... | |
 | 1869 - 898 sidor
...flow Of human misery ; we Find also in the sound a thought, Hearing it by this distant northern sea. The sea of 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 roar Betreating to the breath Of the... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 286 sidor
...flow Of human misery; we Find also in the sound a thought, Hearing it by this distant northern sea. The Sea of 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 roar, Retreating to the breath Of the... | |
 | 1870 - 590 sidor
...bring The eternal note of sadness in.' And in that he hears a type of departing faith, for he adds : ' The sea of faith Was once too at the full, and round...only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Ketreating to the breath Of the night-wind down the edges drear, And naked shingles of the world.'... | |
 | Alexander MacLeod - 1870 - 328 sidor
...bring The eternal note of sadness in." And in that he hears a type of departing faith, for he adds : " The sea of faith Was once too at the full, and round...only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the night-wind down the edges drear, And naked shingles of the world."... | |
 | Octavius Brooks Frothingham - 1871 - 690 sidor
...celestial oil no longer consents to burn even in the temple lamps. The sea of taith Which once was 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... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1872 - 594 sidor
...flow Of human misery ; we Find also in the sound a thought, Hearing it by this distant, northern sea, The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round...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.... | |
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