 | 1882 - 844 pages
...things in some mysterious way. Consider the sea's listless chime : Time's self it is, made audible,— The murmur of the earth's own shell. Secret continuance...Since time was This sound hath told the lapse of time. Listen alone beside the sea, Listen alone among the woods; Those voices of twin solitudes Shall have... | |
 | Harry Buxton Forman - English poetry - 1871 - 536 pages
...philosophy in few words : i ' Consider the sea's listless chime : Time's self it is, made audible, — The murmur of the earth's own shell. Secret continuance sublime Is the sen's end : our Bight may puss No furlong further. Since time was, This sound hath told the lapse of... | |
 | Martha Le Baron Goddard - Sea poetry - 1874 - 382 pages
...unawares ! THE SEA-LIMITS. CONSIDER the sea's listless chime : ^-^ Time's self it is made audible, — The murmur of the earth's own shell. Secret continuance...rest and wrath, Its painful pulse is in the sands. Lost utterly, the whole sky stands Gray and not known along its path. Listen alone beside the sea,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 392 pages
...audiMe, — The murmur of the earth's own shell, Is the era's end. Our sight may pass No furlong farther. Since time was, This sound hath told the lapse of...world's heart of rest and wrath, Its painful pulse is on the sands. Lost utterly, the whole sky stands Gray and not known aloug its path. Listen alone beside... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 560 pages
...GABRIEL RO88ETTL THE sEA-LIMITs. CONSIDER the sea's listless chime ; Time's self it is made audible, — The murmur of the earth's own shell, Secret continuance sublime Is the era's end. Our sight may pass No furloug farther. Since time was. This sound hath told the lapse of... | |
 | Literature - 1876 - 1072 pages
...murmur of the earth's own spoil. Secret continuance sublime Is the sen's end : our sight may pass Ko furlong further. Since time was, This sound hath told the lapse of time. «**«*# " Gather a shell from the strown beach, And listen at its lips : they sigh The same desire... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1876 - 562 pages
...voice, no new delays, If steps draw near. Is the era's end. Our sight may pass No furlong farther. Since time was, This sound hath told the lapse of time. No i|uiet which is death's, — it hath The mournfulness of ancient life, Enduring always at dull strife.... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - English poetry - 1878 - 418 pages
...serene, alone, Thou hadst lived a lord of earth, If but thy heart were stone. ERNEST MYERS. CXLVII. THE SEA-LIMITS. CONSIDER the sea's listless chime;...sound hath told the lapse of time. No quiet, which is death's,—it hath The mournfulness of ancient life, Enduring always at dull strife. As the world's... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - Poetry - 1878 - 358 pages
...DG Rossttli. THE SEA LIMITS. CONSIDER the sea's listless chime; Time's self it is, made audible,— The murmur of the earth's own shell. Secret continuance...sound hath told the lapse of time. No quiet, which is death's,—it hath The mournfulness of ancient life, Enduring always at dull strife. As the world's... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1878 - 708 pages
...repose. ROSSETTI. THE SEA-LIMITS. CONSIDER the sea's listless chime : Time's self it is, made audible — The murmur of the earth's own shell. Secret continuance...sublime Is the sea's end. Our sight may pass No furlong farther. Since time was, This sound hath told the lapse of time. No quiet, which is death's — it... | |
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Consider the sea's listless chime: Time's self it is, made audible, — The murmur of the earth's own shell. Secret continuance sublime Is the sea's end: our sight may pass No furlong further. Since Time was This sound hath told the lapse of time. 
