 | Herbert Woodfield Paul - 1902 - 208 Seiten
...part of it deserves to be quoted at length, both on this account and for its literary beauty — " 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... | |
 | Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - 1902 - 598 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... | |
 | Charles E. Scott - 2002 - 214 Seiten
...different, but perhaps obliquely complementary poem: Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach," writren in 1 867: The Sea of Faith Was once, too, at the full, and round eatth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright gitdle furled. But now I only heat Irs melancholy, long,... | |
 | Mark A. Wrathall - 2003 - 206 Seiten
...sea of faith recedes, to follow Arnold. This stanza from his 'Dover Beach' captures this perspective: 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.5... | |
 | Geoff Wood - 2003 - 164 Seiten
..."Dover Beach," namely our transition from an age of faith into an era of secular doubt and skepticism: 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 near And naked shingles of the world.... | |
 | Rebecca Stott - 2003 - 344 Seiten
...sense & observation. Love from Mamma. Yours affectionately, C. Darwin.30 {193} 10 Drawing the Line 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.... | |
 | Eric Servat - 2003 - 518 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...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.... | |
 | Jaroslav Pelikan - 2005 - 678 Seiten
...creeds: 122. Chr Trad5:75-%9, 265-81. 123. Gibbon [1776-88] 1896-1900, 6:107-8 (ch 53). 124. Benz 1952. 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... | |
 | William J. Abraham - 2003 - 186 Seiten
...2001), p. xii. tion of the sea throwing up pebbles on the beach, the pertinent stanzas from Arnold run: 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 can only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the breath Of... | |
 | Chris McGillion - 2003 - 244 Seiten
...poseable toy Jesus is not an aid to piety; it is more a training in wish fulfilment. MYSTERY RESURFACES 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... | |
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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. 
