 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
 | James Ashcroft Noble - 1873 - 274 pages
...Oh well for the fisherman's boy That he shouts with his sister at play ! Oh 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 ! " How much is suggested... | |
 | Henry C. Leonard - Ann, Cape (Mass.) - 1873 - 214 pages
...swelling hearts and tearful eyes, will never again see the like of him who is now among the translated. " 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... | |
 | Laura A. Colbert - 1873 - 284 pages
...cannot equal, for it giveth us an everlasting seat at the right hand of the Father. MY HEART'S MIRROR "Break, break, break On thy cold, gray stones, O sea! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. Break, break, break At the foot of thy crags, 0 sea ! But the tender grace... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1873 - 532 pages
...break, break, On thy cold gray stones, oh Sea ! And I would that my tongue could niter The thoughls that arise in me. O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play I O well for the sailor lad, Thai he sings iu his boat on he bay 1 And the stately ships go on To their... | |
 | 1874 - 588 pages
...closely allied to the " In Memoriam " as almost to form part of iti . " Break, break, break, On the cold gray stones, O Sea! And I would that my tongue...his sister at play! O well for the sailor lad. That ho sings in his boat on the bay! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O... | |
 | David Masson - 1874 - 338 pages
...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... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1874 - 396 pages
...excellent. He hs an uncommon power of presenting pictures to the eye, and often 1n a very few words ] 1. BREAK, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O Sea ! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. 2. O, well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play... | |
 | Martha Le Baron Goddard - Sea poetry - 1874 - 248 pages
...breaks the heart of a woman With a fisherman's careless song. ROSB TBRRY. "BREAK, BREAK, BREAK." "DREAK, 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... | |
 | Readers and speakers - 1875 - 448 pages
...Nor man nor nature satisfy Whom only God created. BREAK, BREAK, BREAK. BY ALFRED TENNYSON. > BEAK, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O Sea ! And...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 0 for the touch of a vanish'd hand,... | |
 | American poetry - 1875 - 210 pages
...roaring back as before, But no wave ever brings the lost youth to the shore ! 'BREAK, BREAK', BREAK." BREAK, break, break On thy cold gray stones, O sea...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... | |
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