Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O Sea! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. 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... Poems - Page 229by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 231 pagesFull view - About this book
| Henry Pitman - 1316 pages
...br t' c pkasam shore, And in the hearing of t And again — " Break, break, break On thy cold grey stones, O Sea, And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But, oh ! for... | |
| 1902 - 902 pages
...come swimming up from the south with the odor of the northeast trades yet in their sails. And it 's " O, well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! " for the schooners of Chatham and Gloucester still scatter their dories above the mighty submarine... | |
| Henry Reed - 1857 - 242 pages
...thy cold gray stones, 0 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 ! Oh well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stateiy snips 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,...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... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1858 - 402 pages
...borne, Dip forward under starry light, And move me to my marriage-morn, And round again to happy night. BREAK, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O Sea...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... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 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...fisherman's boy, That he shouts 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... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 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 - 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 - 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... | |
| University of Cambridge. Seatonian Prize, University of Cambridge - 1859 - 378 pages
...thro' the mercy of the God of Love ! HERBERT JOHN REYNOLDS, SCHOLAB OF KINO'S COLLEOX. 1853. I'.UKAK, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O sea, And I would that my voice could utter The thoughts that arise in me. The stately ships go on To thcir haven under the hill;... | |
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