 The Sea of Faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd. 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 World's Great Masterpieces: History, Biography, Science, Philosophy ... - Page 5821901Full view - About this book
 | Robert Hall Baynes - 1880 - 674 pages
...Syrian town ; And on his grave, with shining eyes, The Syrian stars look down. Elsewhere we read : The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round...earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd J Bat now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the... | |
 | Theology - 1868 - 1078 pages
...Crucified, "Thy kingdom come," there is far other hope. And what of Mr. Arnold's despair for the world ? The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round...earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd ; But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the... | |
 | 1869 - 898 pages
...The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles long ago Hoard it on the JEgean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery ; we...earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd ; But now I only hear Its melancholy, long withdrawing roar Betreating to the breath Of the... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 286 pages
...The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles long ago Heard it on the •iEgamn, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery; we Find...earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd; But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the... | |
 | Humanities - 1872 - 1176 pages
...sadness in. I "Sophocles long ago Heard it on the /Kgean, and it brought Into his mind the tut bill ebb and flow Of human misery ; we Find also in the...earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle fuiled ; But now 1 only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - English poetry - 1878 - 462 pages
...of sadness in. Sophocles long ago Heard it on the yEgaean, and it brought DOVER BEACH. 193 Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery ; we...earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd ; But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1878 - 416 pages
...The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles long ago Heard it on the yEgsean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery ; we...earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd ; But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1878 - 396 pages
...The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles long ago Heard it on the ./Egzean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery; we Find...earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd. But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the breath Of the... | |
 | James Brown Selkirk - English poetry - 1878 - 256 pages
...plaint breaks forth in a lyrical burst unsurpassed in modern poetry for grandeur and breadth : — The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round...earth's shore, Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd ; But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the... | |
 | James Brown - 1878 - 258 pages
...plaint breaks forth in a lyrical burst unsurpassed in modern poetry for grandeur and breadth : — The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round...earth's shore, Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd ; But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the... | |
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