 And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, O Sea ! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come...  Annual Report - Page 731894Full view - About this book
 | Charles Dickens - 1868 - 658 pages
...profitable for the body, profitable for the mind. The poet's words arq §o.me,times on its awful lips : And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a vanish 'd hand. And the sound of a voice that is still ! Break break, break, At... | |
 | Atlanta (Ga.) - 1868 - 418 pages
...even murmuring them aloud. Perhaps my meaning may be made plainer by quoting a few such instances: '' And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But oh, for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still I "Break, break, break,... | |
 | Bible Christians - 1869 - 608 pages
...symbols of happiness around him, this imaginative being closes them with a striking allusion — " And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But 0 ! for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still !" Now the innermost workings of that troubled heart are becoming... | |
 | 1869 - 488 pages
...gather their figs, chant the old, monotonous song, and the fisherman plies his oar and sings afar off. ' And the stately ships go on to their haven under the hill, But 0 for the touch of a vanished hand, and the sound of a voice that is still ' Through all these years I have thought of him, never, never... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1869 - 544 pages
...profitable for the body, profitable for the mind. The poet's words are sometimes on its awful lips : And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But 0 for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still I Brealc, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, 0 sea ! But... | |
 | Samuel Richardson - 1869 - 516 pages
...read it, Mr. d'Auvergne." She pointed to these four lines, and her finger traced them for him : — " And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But oh for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! " In a stately way she... | |
 | 1869 - 974 pages
...cold gray atone*, 0 Se» ! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. " And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the towh of a vaniih'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! " Break, break, break,... | |
 | E. L. T. Harrison, W. S. Godby - 1869 - 652 pages
...shouts with his sister in pl:iy! Oh well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the buy! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill, But oh for the touch of a vanished hand. And the sound of a voice that is still. Break, break, break, At... | |
 | Great Britain - 1869 - 974 pages
...colfl gray stones, 0 Sea ! And I would timt my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. " Aid the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But О for the touch of a vanieh'd hand, Aud the sound of a voice that is still! " Break, break, break,... | |
 | 1870 - 974 pages
...fisherman's boy, That he shouts with hia sister at play ; O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay. " And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But oh for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! " Break, break, break,... | |
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