 Listen! You hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling, 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.  The Canadian Monthly and National Review - Side 2151872Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1894 - 868 sider
...music. So another poet describee it, " Listen ! You hear the grating roar Of pebbles, which the waves suck back, and fling, At their return, up the high...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... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1867 - 226 sider
...the ebb meets the moon-blanched sand, Listen ! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves suck back, and fling, At their return, up the high...cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles long ago Heard it on the JEgean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1868 - 264 sider
...ebb meets the moon-blanch'd sand, Listen! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling, At their return, up the high strand,...cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles long ago Heard it on the ^Egaean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of... | |
 | 1869 - 898 sider
...the ebb meets the moon-blanch'd sand, Listen ! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves suck back, and fling, At their return, up the high...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 Of... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 286 sider
...ebb meets the moon-blanch'd sand, Listen! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling, At their return, up the high strand,...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... | |
 | 1869 - 488 sider
...cold northern sky. A walk on deck, listening to " The grating roar Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling, At their return, up the high strand,...cease, and then again begin, With tremulous cadence sluw, and bring The eternal note of sadness in.'' and then to bed, rolled up in blankets on the couches... | |
 | Augusta Jane Evans - 1876 - 492 sider
...was her habit, the lines that chanced to present themselves, — "Listen! you hear the solemn roar 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 ^gean, and it brought Into bis mind the turbid ebb and flow Of... | |
 | Augusta Jane Evans - 1869 - 490 sider
...was her habit, the lines that chanced to present themselves, — "Listen ! you hear the solemn roar Begin, and cease, and then again begin, With tremulous cadence, slow, and bring The eternal note of Badness in. Sophocles, long ago, Heard it on the .dDgean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb... | |
 | 1870 - 590 sider
...spiritual condition of the world at present. The poet is standing on Dover beach at night, and hears ' The grating roar Of pebbles which the wares suck back...cadence slow, and 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... | |
 | Alexander MacLeod - 1870 - 344 sider
...The poet is standing on Dover beach at night, and hears " The grating roar Of pebbles which the waves suck back and fling, At their return, up the high...cadence slow, and 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... | |
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