 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
 | Charles Dickens - 1861 - 260 pages
...band, And the sound of a roiue llmi is etill I Break, breuk, break, At the foot of thy crags, 0 »ca ! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me. Yet it is not always so, for the speech of the sea is various, and wants not abundant resource of cheerfuluess,... | |
 | John Brown - 1861 - 526 pages
...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 - 674 pages
...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 - 426 pages
...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 - 360 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 - 1006 pages
...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 - 310 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 - 336 pages
...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 Baron Tennyson - 1862 - 698 pages
...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 - 492 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... | |
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