 In the afternoon they came unto a land In which it seemed always afternoon. All round the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a weary dream. Full-faced above the valley stood the moon ; And, like a downward smoke, the slender...  Poems - Page 142by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1868 - 379 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Alford - Greek poetry - 1841 - 272 pages
...All round the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a weary dream. Full faced above the valley stood the moon ;* And, like a downward...cliff to fall, and pause, and fall did seem. A land of streams—some like a downward smoke, Slow dropping veils of thinnest lawn did go; And some through... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 252 pages
...came unto a land, In which it seemed always afternoon. All round the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a weary dream. Full-faced...Along the cliff to fall and pause and fall did seem. ii. A land of streams ! some, like a downward smoke, Slow-dropping veils of thinnest lawn, did go ;... | |
 | Criticism - 1850 - 676 pages
...came unto a land In which it seemed always afternoon. All round the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a weary dream. Full-faced...Slow-dropping veils of thinnest lawn, did go ; And some through wavering lights and shadows broke, Rolling a slumbrous sheet of foam below. They saw the gleaming... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 1850 - 678 pages
...came unto a land In which it seemed always afternoon, All round the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a weary dream. Full-faced...Slow-dropping veils of thinnest lawn, did go ; And some through wavering lights and shadows broke, Rolling a slumbrous sheet of foam below. They saw the gleaming... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1843 - 260 pages
...came unto a land, In which it seemed always afternoon. All round the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a weary dream. Full-faced...Along the cliff to fall and pause and fall did seem. n. A land of streams ! some, like a downward smoke, Slow-dropping veils of thinnest lawn, did go ;... | |
 | American periodicals - 1871 - 878 pages
...All round the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a weary dream, Full faced above the valley stood the moon ; And like a downward...Along the cliff to fall and pause, and fall did seem," show to demonstration that poetry has a province where it is no blemish but a beauty and congruity... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 pages
...came unto a land, In which it seemed always afternoon. All round the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a weary dream. Full-faced...Along the cliff to fall and pause and fall did seem. n. A land of streams ! some, like a downward smoke, Slow-dropping veils of thinnest lawn, did go ;... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1851 - 110 pages
...came unto a land In which it seemed always afternoon; All round the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a weary dream; Full-faced...the cliff to fall, and pause, and fall did seem." But all corporeal or physical auxiliaries ; darkness, or a soft subdued light ; silence, or lulling... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1851 - 276 pages
...came unto a land, In which it seemed always afternoon. All round the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a weary dream. Full-faced...Along the cliff to fall and pause and fall did seem. IT. A land of streams! some, like a downward smoke, Slow-dropping veils of thinnest lawn, did go; And... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1854 - 286 pages
...came unto a land, In which it seemed always afternoon. All round the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a weary dream. Full-faced...Along the cliff to fall and pause and fall did seem. n. A land of streams ! some, like a downward smoke, Slow-dropping veils of thinnest lawn, did go ;... | |
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