 | William Davenport Adams - 1878 - 462 Seiten
...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... | |
 | James Brown Selkirk - 1878 - 256 Seiten
...plaint breaks forth in a lyrical burst unsurpassed in modern poetry for grandeur and breadth : — 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... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1878 - 396 Seiten
...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... | |
 | John White Chadwick - 1879 - 368 Seiten
...it in a poem of incomparable sadness. After describing the full tide upon the Dover beach, he says: 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.*... | |
 | James Willcox Alsop - 1879 - 40 Seiten
...stand mute and watch the waves." So, too, in the short but exquisite poem called " Dover Beach " :— " 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 mcluucholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the... | |
 | 1885 - 478 Seiten
...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 girdle...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."... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1879 - 392 Seiten
...flow Of human jnisery ; 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 brigty girdle furl'd. But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the... | |
 | 1879 - 690 Seiten
...so much fidelity the infinite sadness that follows the eclipse of faith as Matthew Arnold : The seа of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of n bright girdle furl'd ; But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating to... | |
 | Alice Weber - 1882 - 364 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - 1883 - 662 Seiten
...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...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.... | |
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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. 
