 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 Warner Library - Page 877edited by - 1917Full 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 286 pages
...Sophocles long ago Heard it on the •iEgamn, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery; we Find also in the sound a thought,...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
...in. Sophocles long ago Hoard it on the JEgean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery ; we Find also in the sound a thought,...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... | |
 | Octavius Brooks Frothingham - 1871 - 690 pages
...celestial oil no longer consents to burn even in the temple lamps. The sea of taith Which once was at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled, Now only Itts us hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the night... | |
 | 1872 - 590 pages
...in. "Sophocles long ago Heard it on the /Egean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery ; we Find also in the sound a thought,...like the folds of a bright girdle furled ; But now 1 only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the night-wind, down... | |
 | 1872 - 1176 pages
..."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 sound a thought,...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... | |
 | Samuel MACALL - 1875 - 144 pages
...been telling us, in vehement prose, for twenty years." A great, but melancholy comparison truly ! " The sea of faith was once, too, at the full ; and...like the folds of a bright girdle furled ; But now 1 only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the night wind, down... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1878 - 416 pages
...in. Sophocles long ago Heard it on the yEgsean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery ; we Find also in the sound a thought,...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 - 1878 - 396 pages
...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 also in the sound a thought,...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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