 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; 10 But O for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still!  American Poetry - Page xxiedited by - 1923 - 350 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Masson - Biography & Autobiography - 1856 - 494 pages
...0, well for the 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 0 for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! Break, break, break, At... | |
 | David Masson - Biography & Autobiography - 1856 - 528 pages
...cold grey stones, 0 sea ! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me ! 0, well for 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... | |
 | Thomas Bailey Aldrich - American fiction - 1857 - 252 pages
...doth fade — " He abruptly broke off, and commenced : "Break, break, break On thy cold gray stones, 0 Sea ! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts...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... | |
 | 1858 - 460 pages
...the womb, like a ghost from the tomb, I arise and unbuild it again. BREAK, BREAK, BREAK.— Tennyson. BREAK, break, break, On thy cold, gray stones, O Sea,...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... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American poetry - 1858 - 642 pages
...fled the danger, Quoth she, "The Devil take the gowe, And God forget the stranger!" TENNYSON. l!i;r\K. break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O Sea! And...with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand,... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American poetry - 1858 - 644 pages
...household fled the clanger, Quoth she, " The Devil take the goose. And God forget the stranger!" HUEAK, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O Sea! And...arise in me. O well for the fisherman's boy, That lie shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, And the stately ships go on To their... | |
 | Benjamin John Wallace, Albert Barnes - Presbyterian Church - 1858 - 720 pages
...detect the germ of In Memoriam. BREAK, BREAK, BREAK. Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, oh Sea ! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts...fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play 1 0 well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To... | |
 | Henry Reed - English literature - 1858 - 424 pages
...obviously belonging to the same subject, written perhaps on the heights of the Bristol Channel : " Break, break, break On thy cold gray stones, O sea ! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. Oh well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play... | |
 | Peter Bayne - Authors, English - 1860 - 432 pages
...the following; and the expression is not absurd. " Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, oh Sea! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts...his boat on the bay. And the stately ships go on To the haven under the hill; But oh for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1860 - 712 pages
...thoughts that arise in me. " 0 well for the fisherman's boy That he shouts with his sister at play ! 0 well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat...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. " Break, break, break At... | |
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