 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
 | Alexander Ronald Grant - 1870 - 252 pages
...he shouts with his sister at play 1 0 well for the sailor lad That he sings in his boat on the bay I 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... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1871 - 410 pages
...shouts with his sister at play ! 0, well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! 3. 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 ! 4. Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, 0 Sea !... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! 0 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 O for the touch of a vanished hand, And thc sound of a voice that is still ! Break, break, break, At... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1872 - 498 pages
...fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his 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 O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still I Break, break, break, At... | |
 | English periodicals - 1871 - 930 pages
...improvement." The pause is not awful to me. I know not what it might have been were Ruth not waiting for me. " 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." No, not still ; for... | |
 | Asahel Clark Kendrick - English poetry - 1871 - 484 pages
...the fisherman's boy That he shouts with his 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 the haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is... | |
 | 1871 - 450 pages
...to surprise him that any body can be happy. So much does his feeling color and distort everything. " And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still !" The ship, that has been... | |
 | W. W. Robson, William Wallace Robson - Literary Criticism - 1984 - 288 pages
...to admit that something in us answers directly to the timeless poignancy of 'Break, break, break': And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a vanished hand. And the sound of a voice that is still! The twentieth century has... | |
 | Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 pages
...fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his 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 O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still! Break, break, break, At... | |
 | American poetry - 1993 - 412 pages
...the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his 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 O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still! Break, break, break, At... | |
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