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 haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a... The Works of Tennyson - Page 121by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1913 - 1033 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...stately ships go on To their haven under the hill: But oh, for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! Break, break, break,...of a day that is dead Will never come back to me, MOVE EASTWARD, HAPPY EARTH. COME HOT WHEN I AM DEAD. MOVE eastward, happy earth, and leave Yon orange... | |
| England - 1842 - 538 pages
...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 vanish'd hand, And the sound of...of a day that is dead Will never come back to me." Vol. ii. p. 229. Yet there are parts of these volumes which appear to us objectionable. We would rather... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 252 pages
...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 vanish'd hand, And the sound of...crags, O Sea ! But the tender grace of a day that is dead THE POET'S SONG. THE rain had fallen, the Poet arose, He pass'd by the town, and out of the... | |
| India - 1858 - 598 pages
...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 vanish'd hand, And the sound of...grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to uie." In one though a very low sense, the fisher-boy in his boat on the laughing sea, the youth when... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 pages
...stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a vanish 'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! Break, break, break,...a day that is dead Will never come back to me. THE POET'S SONG. THE rain had fallen, the Poet arose, He pass'd by the town, and out of the street; A light... | |
| 1846 - 436 pages
...stately ships go on To the haven under the hill ; But, O, for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! Break, break, break,...of a day that is dead Will never come back to me. MAN WAS MADE TO MOURN Burns. WHEN chill November's surly blast Made fields and forests bare, One evening,... | |
| 1851 - 622 pages
...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. " Break, break, break,...of a day that is dead Will never come back to me." Out of these few simple words, deep, and melancholy, and sounding as the sea, as out of a well of the... | |
| Fanny Lewald - Great Britain - 1852 - 672 pages
...lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the lull, But о for the touch of a vanish'd hand And the sound...of a day that is dead Will never come back to me. Qin neuer ЗЗапЬ îenniffon^er @еЫф*с, "lo шеiiioriani« betitelt, ben iá) in ?onbon gelefen,... | |
| Lewis Gaylord Clark - Wit and humor - 1852 - 388 pages
...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 vanish'd hand, And the sound of...of a day that Is dead Will never come back to me.' THERE was much surrounding caehination where this circumstance was mentioned the other evening : A... | |
| Samuel Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1853 - 228 pages
...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 vanish'd hand, And the sound of...of a day that is dead Will never come back to me. A. TENHYSOH. SONG ON THE WATER. WILD with passion, sorrow-beladen, : Bend the thought of thy stormy... | |
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