 O 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 the hill ; But O for the touch of a...  Anniversary Addresses - Page 157by Samuel Colcord Bartlett - 1894 - 517 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Brown - 1861
...manner of man he was ; and in a sense less peculiar, but not less true, each of us may say, " The tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me." " O for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! " " God gives us love... | |
 | 1861
...burning gaily. What is Madame Bois de Sandal, née Dashwood, singing in the music-room P The tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me ! That is th« burden of many songs sung in this world, for some dead flowers strew most paths, and... | |
 | Harriet Parr - 1862
...light is coming ; " and ere it fell the light was come ! CHAPTER THE FOURTH. THE DAYS OP MOURNING. " Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, O sea,...of a day that is dead Will never come back to me." — TEXSVSON. I. THEY buried Lilian one showery February afternoon in the pretty little churchyard... | |
 | John Brown - 1862 - 340 pages
...under the hill I But O for the touch of a vanlsh'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still 1 " Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, O sea...of a day that is dead Will never come back to me." Out of these few simple words, deep and melancholy, and sounding as the sea, as out of a well of the... | |
 | 1862
...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!...of a day that is dead Will never come back to me.' Now, the full meaning of these ' wild and wandering cries ' was shown. But the utterance of sorrow... | |
 | John Alfred Langford - 1862 - 288 pages
...vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! " Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, 0 sea ! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me." The coast scene about here is very wild. You have a fine view of the Lundy Island ; of the Braunton Burrows... | |
 | Louisa Stewart - 1862
...STEWART AUTHOR OF 'ATHELINE, OR THE CASTLE BY THE SEA* ' Break, break, break On thy cold grey stones, O sea ; But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me' TENNYSON IN THREE VOLUMES VOL. I. LONDON SAUNDERS, OTLEY, AND CO. 66 BROOK. STREET, HANOVER SQUARE... | |
 | alfred tennyson - 1862
...vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, oh Sea ! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me. THE POET'S SONG. THE rain had fallen, the Poet arose, He passed by the town, and out of the street, A light... | |
 | John Brown - 1862 - 458 pages
...vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! " Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, 0 sea ! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me." Out of these few simple words, deep and melancholy, and sounding as the sea, as out of a well of the... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 364 pages
...O, well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! 3. And the stately ships go on 4 Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, O Sea...of a day that is dead Will never come back to me. LXXX.— THE CHARACTER OF GREENE. HEADLEY. 1. NEXT to Washington, Greene was the ablest com' mander... | |
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