 At their return, up the high strand, Begin, and cease, and then again begin, With tremulous cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles long ago Heard it on the Aegean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human...  Sohrab and Rustum: And Other Poems - Side 89af Matthew Arnold - 1905 - 219 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1894 - 868 sider
...cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. t-'ophocles, long ago, Heard it on the Jïgean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery." And yet another poet records the impression * V: \ w* STORM-CLOUDS. of melancholy borne in upon his... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1867 - 226 sider
...flow Of human misery; we Find also in the sound a thought, Hearing it by this distant northern sea. The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round...earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled; But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the... | |
 | 1868 - 986 sider
...name for despair. Writing on Dover Beach, and naturally meditating on tho sea, he thus mourns : — " The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round...earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled ; But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the... | |
 | 1869 - 898 sider
...cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles long ago Hoard it on the JEgean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow...thought, Hearing it by this distant northern sea. The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 286 sider
...cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles long ago Heard it on the •iEgamn, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow...thought, Hearing it by this distant northern sea. The Sea of Faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright... | |
 | Augusta Jane Evans - 1879 - 494 sider
...cadence, slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles, long ago, Heard it on the JEgeaa, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery." CHAPTER XV. |TSS DEXTER, where is Muriel?" asked Dr. Grey, glancing around the library, where the governess... | |
 | Alexander MacLeod - 1870 - 328 sider
...bring The eternal note of sadness in." And in that he hears a type of departing faith, for he adds : " The sea of faith Was once too at the full, and round...earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled ; But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the... | |
 | 1870 - 590 sider
...bring The eternal note of sadness in.' And in that he hears a type of departing faith, for he adds : ' The sea of faith Was once too at the full, and round...earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled ; But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Ketreating to the breath Of the... | |
 | Octavius Brooks Frothingham - 1871 - 690 sider
...celestial oil no longer consents to burn even in the temple lamps. The sea of taith Which once was at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled, Now only Itts us hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the... | |
 | 1872 - 590 sider
...cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. "Sophocles long ago Heard it on the /Egean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow...thought, Hearing it by this distant, northern sea, The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright... | |
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