O well for the sailor lad That he sings in his boat on the bay! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still! Poems - Seite 228von Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1843 - 231 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| John Brown - 1861 - 470 Seiten
...cold gray stones, 0 se* ! And I would that my tongue could nttef The thoughts that arise in me. " O well for the fisherman's boy That he shouts with his sister at play 1 0 well for the sailor lad That he sings in his boat on the bay ! * And the stately ships go on To... | |
| Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1861 - 570 Seiten
...thy cold gray stones, 0 Sea, And 1 would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. O well for the fisherman's boy. That he shouts with his sister at play ; O well for the sailor lad. That he sings in his boat on the bay. And the stately ships go on To their... | |
| John Brown - 1861 - 526 Seiten
...delicate, and full of life, Into the eye and prospect of his soul, Than when she lived indeed." " O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad That he sings in his boat on the bay ! " And the stately ships go on To... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 366 Seiten
...cold gray stones, oh Sea ! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But oh for... | |
| John Brown - 1861 - 548 Seiten
...imagination " — " into the eye and prospect of his soul."1 " Break, break, break, On thy cold grey stones, O sea ! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. 1 The passage from Shakspere prefixed to this paper, contains probably as... | |
| John Brown - 1862 - 492 Seiten
...meaning, it answers fully its own sweet purpose. We " Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, 0 sea ! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts...his sister at play! 0 well for the sailor lad That lie sings in his boat on the bay ! " And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ! But... | |
| John Alfred Langford - 1862 - 310 Seiten
...appreciation of the words never experienced before, — " Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, 0 sea ! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts...fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! O.well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! " And the stately ships go on For... | |
| 1862 - 1006 Seiten
...sadness. In his former volume there were at least casual indications what depths had been stirred. ' Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O Sea ! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. ' O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1862 - 698 Seiten
...cold gray stones, oh Sea ! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. O well for, the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play I O well for the sailor lad, And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But oh for... | |
| John Brown - 1862 - 360 Seiten
...under which such a record as In Memoriam is produced, and ** Break, break, break, On thy cold grey stones, O sea! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me* may give us more insight into the imaginative faculty's mode of working,... | |
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