The Sea of Faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled, 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... The Writer - 45. lappuse1927Pilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
| 1904 - 1014 lapas
...cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles long ago Heard it on the J^gaean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow...earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled. But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the breath Of the... | |
| Charles Mills Gayley, Clement Calhoun Young - 1904 - 772 lapas
...Of human misery ; we Find also in the sound a thought, Hearing it by this distant northern sea. 20 The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round...only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, 25 Retreating, to the breath Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the... | |
| Charles Mills Gayley, Clement Calhoun Young - 1904 - 726 lapas
...Of human misery ; we Find also in the sound a thought, Hearing it by this distant northern sea. 20 The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round...only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, 25 Retreating, to the breath Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the... | |
| Edward Smith Parsons - 1904 - 754 lapas
...and a transforming and far-reaching imagination. Under the analogy suggested by the passage beginning "The Sea of Faith Was once, too, at the full, and...earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled," — a new aspect of his struggle is suggested such as in its poetic quality is unfamiliar... | |
| Robert Anderson - 1905 - 312 lapas
...misgiving about his own position and influence, must have touched his heart as he penned the lines : — « The sea of Faith Was once, too, at the full, and round...only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar." I have already restated my thesis : let me do so once again. We shall gain nothing by dealing with... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1907 - 280 lapas
...Of human misery ; we Find also in the sound a thought, Hearing it by this distant northern sea. 20 The Sea of Faith Was once, too, at the full, and round...only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, 25 Retreating, to the breath Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the... | |
| Charles Mills Gayley, Clement Calhoun Young - 1905 - 726 lapas
...Of human misery ; we Find also in the sound a thought, Hearing it by this distant northern sea. 20 The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round...only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, 35 Retreating, to the breath Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the... | |
| Robert Anderson - 1905 - 312 lapas
...misgiving about his own position and influence, must have touched his heart as he penned the lines : — " The sea of Faith Was once, too, at the full, and round...shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd ; 1 Professor Goldwin Smith. • God and the Bible (Preface). CH. II.] THE THESIS RESTATED ai But now... | |
| Ludwig Herrig - 1906 - 844 lapas
...brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery; we Find also in the sound a thought, 20 Hearing it by this distant northern sea. The Sea of...folds of a bright girdle furl'd. But now I only hear 26 Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the breath Of the night-wind, down the vast... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1906 - 152 lapas
...flow Of human misery; we Find also in the sound a thought, Hearing it by this distant northern sea. 25 The Sea of Faith Was once, too, at the full, and round...earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled. But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the breath Of the... | |
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