 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
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1895 - 802 pages
...in. Sophocles long ago Heard it on the 3£gxan, 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 f url'd. But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the breath Of the... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1895 - 388 pages
...on the ^Egsean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery ; we Find abo in the sound a thought, Hearing it by this distant...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... | |
 | Hugh Walker - 1895 - 352 pages
...unwelcome intellectual necessity. He has himself expressed its character in words of surpassing beauty:— 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 he'ar Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Eetreating, to the breath Of the... | |
 | Hugh Walker - 1895 - 352 pages
...unwelcome intellectual necessity. He has himself expressed its character in words of surpassing beauty:— 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 - 1895 - 540 pages
...in. Sophocles long ago Heard it on the ALgse&n, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery ; we Find also in the sound a thought, Hearing it by this distant northern sea. r The Sea. of Faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright... | |
 | Victor Hugo - 1895 - 328 pages
...perfect symbol ? 1 It seemed to me that from the interior of that 1 Compare Matthew Arnold's Hues " The Sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round Earth's shore Lay like the folda of a bright girdle furl'd ; But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, mysterious... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1895 - 810 pages
...brought Of human misery ; we Hearing it by this distant northern sea. Find also in the sound a thought, The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round cart Vs shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd. But now I only hear Its melancholy, long,... | |
 | 1896 - 532 pages
...in. Sophocles long ago Heard it on the vEgaean, 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 - 1896 - 544 pages
...Heard it on the yEgsean, and it brought t Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow -Qf human misery ; we f Find also in the sound a thought, Hearing it by this...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 Henry Hudson - 1896 - 244 pages
...gradual breaking-away of the faith which had yielded life and stimulus to the generations of the past. " 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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