 | Education - 1864 - 546 pages
...eagle in his home : " He clasps the crafi; with hooked hands : Close to the eun in lonely lands, Hinged with the azure world he stands. " The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; lie watches from his mountain wall«, And like a thunderbolt he falls." When the sea-waves are dwindled... | |
 | Children's literature - 1871 - 868 pages
...read Tennyson's description of the eagle ? It is one of the finest bits of poetry in the language. " He clasps the crag with hooked hands ; Close to the sun, in lonely lands, Ringed with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls ; He watches from his mountain... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - 734 pages
...desire to rest. Pass on, weak heart, and leave me where I lie : Go by, go by. THE EAGLE. FHAOHKBT. HE clasps the crag with hooked hands ; Close to the...wrinkled sea beneath him crawls ; He watches from his mountain-walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls. MOVE eastward, happy earth, and leave Yon orange sunset... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1866 - 398 pages
...desire to rest. Pass on, weak heart, am' leave me where I lie : Go by, go by. THE EAGLE. A FRAGMENT. HE clasps the crag with hooke'd hands ; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ringed with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls ; He watches from his mountain... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations - 1867 - 752 pages
...our children's part. Obedience is the sacrifice of angels, Whose form you carry. Shakespeare. EAGLE. He clasps the crag with hooked hands, Close to the...his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls. Tennyson. EABLY-BISING. To business that we love, we rise betime, And go to it with delight. SA. Ant.... | |
 | Education - 1864 - 408 pages
...Close to the snn in lonely lands, Ringed with the azure world he stands. " The wrinkled sea bcnenth him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls." When the sea-waves are dwindled down to wrinkles by their distance, the king of birds still perceives... | |
 | Acrostics - 1867 - 302 pages
...knife." 1. " At each according pause was heard aloud Thine ardent symphony, sublime and high." 2. " He clasps the crag with hooked hands, Close to the sun in lonely lands ; Ringed with the azure world he stands." 8. "'This seals thy suit, and this fulfils thy vows,' He... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1868 - 456 pages
...desire to rest. Pass on, weak heart, and leave me where I lie : Go by, go by. THE EAGLE. FRAGMENT. TTE clasps the crag with hooked hands ; -*- *- Close to...his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls. MOVE eastward, happy earth, and leave Yon orange sunset waning slow : From fringes of the faded eve,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1868 - 402 pages
...desire to rest. Pass on, weak heart, and leave me where I lie : Go by, go by. THE EAGLE. FRAGMENT. HE clasps the crag with hooked hands ; Close to the...lonely lands, Ring'd with the azure world, he stands. MOVE eastward, happy earth, and leave Yon orange sunset waning slow : From fringes of the faded eve,... | |
 | Theology - 1869 - 580 pages
...her throat, and, straightening herself up, repeated as follows : — "'THE EAGLE. " ' FRAGMENT. " ' HE clasps the crag with hooked hands : Close to the...mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls.' " Her manner was delightful in the extreme. It was delightful to me, for I was sure every one of her... | |
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HE clasps the crag with hooked hands : Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ring'd with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls ; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls. 
