 Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.  Poems - Page 267by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1868 - 379 pagesFull view - About this book
 | England - 1842 - 538 pages
...baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down : It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great...Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are ; Our equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek,... | |
 | Periodicals - 1845 - 732 pages
...baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down : It may I« we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great...knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho' We aro not now that strength which in old d ivs Move 1 earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are; One... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1851 - 290 pages
...baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Though much is taken, much abides ; and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 1851 - 300 pages
...baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down : It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Though much is taken, much abides ; and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - American literature - 1851 - 434 pages
...baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down ; It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Though much is taken, much abides ; and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved... | |
 | M. Edgeworth Lazurus - Hygiene - 1852 - 458 pages
...baths Of all the western stars, until 1 die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down : It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Though much is taken, much abides ; and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1853 - 468 pages
...baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down : It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Though much is taken, much abides ; and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved... | |
 | 1855 - 1226 pages
...the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may bo that the gulf will wash us down, It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles whom we knew." This forward looking from the dim past into a dim future, reminds me of a passage, the very converse,... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - Animals, Mythical - 1855 - 508 pages
...baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down ; It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles whom we knew ; " &c. JEneas bearing Ancluses from the flames of Troy. CHAPTER XXXI. ADVENTURES OF jENEAS— THE... | |
 | East India college - 1856 - 480 pages
...baths . Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down : It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew." There is a simple pathos in that expression — It is a sort of prophetic feeling in his own heart... | |
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