 | Henry Morton Stanley - Africa, Central - 1878 - 666 pages
...and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us...whom we knew. Though much is taken, much abides ; and tho' We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we... | |
 | William Lucas Collins - 1879 - 154 pages
...iu order smite The sounding furrows : for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that...Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.". CHAPTER XL CONCLUDING REMARKS. THE resemblance which these Homeric poems bear, in many remarkable features,... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1880 - 694 pages
...order, smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths 60 Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that...knew. Though much is taken, much abides ; and though *s We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1880 - 582 pages
...purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It maybe that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall...knew. Though much is taken, much abides ; and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are ;... | |
 | 1881 - 636 pages
...in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that...Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.' All through the middle ages, many a wild adventurer went forth in search of the land, ' Which is not... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1881 - 502 pages
...in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that...Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides ; and tho' Weare not now that strength which in plddays Moved earth... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1881 - 742 pages
...in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that...Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides ; and tho' We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1882 - 906 pages
...in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the batbs Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that...knew./ Though much is taken, much abides ; and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we*re ;... | |
 | Sports - 1909 - 898 pages
...Ulysses when according to Tennyson he said: "My purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that...Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles whom we knew." Perhaps Madeira was indeed a home of gods and favored spirits in the olden days. It would have been... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1884 - 136 pages
...in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that...Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides ; and tho' We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth... | |
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We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. 
