 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
 | William Davenport Adams - 1878 - 462 pages
...ago Heard it on the yEgaean, and it brought DOVER BEACH. 193 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... | |
 | 1878 - 144 pages
...the unreturning past, a deep unrest in the present, and an almost hopeless turning toward the future. "The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and...shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled. Hut now 1 only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the breath Of the night... | |
 | James Brown Selkirk - 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... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1879 - 392 pages
...ago Heard it on the JEgaean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human jnisery ; we Find also in the sound a thought, Hearing it by...full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a brigty girdle furl'd. But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the... | |
 | James Willcox Alsop - 1879 - 40 pages
...stand mute and watch the waves." So, too, in the short but exquisite poem called " Dover Beach " :— " 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 mcluucholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the... | |
 | 1879 - 690 pages
...so much fidelity the infinite sadness that follows the eclipse of faith as Matthew Arnold : The seа of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of n bright girdle furl'd ; But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating to... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 342 pages
...human misery; we Find also in the sound a thought, Hearing it by this distant northern sea. VOL. II. F 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 - 1882 - 396 pages
...in. Sophocles long ago Heard it on the J3gsean, 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... | |
 | Alice Weber - 1882 - 364 pages
...then again begin, With tremulous cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. ... ***** The sea of faith Was once too, at the full, and round earth's shore D Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd. But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing... | |
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