 But, O, for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still! Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, O Sea! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me.  Days with Uncle Jack - Page 205by John Walter Davis - 1914Full view - About this book
 | Meta Lander - Congregational churches - 1854 - 338 pages
...thoughts that arise in me. c 0, well for the fisherman's boy That he shouts with his sister at play ; 0, well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat...stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But 0 for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still .' ' Break, break, break,... | |
 | Cuthbert Bede - 1854 - 130 pages
...of the registrar's office at the Clarendon, a manuscript poem, distinguished by the motto : — " Oh for the touch of a vanish'd hand And the sound of a voice that is still." We may be quite sure that there was great rejoicing at the Manor Green and the Eectory,... | |
 | Henrietta Keddie - 1854 - 326 pages
...cold grey 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 stately ships sail on... | |
 | Meta Lander - Congregational churches - 1854 - 364 pages
...cold gray stones, 0 sea ! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. ' 0, well for the fisherman's boy That he shouts with his sister at play ; 0, well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay. ' And the stately ships go on To... | |
 | 1855 - 374 pages
...playfully, other thoughts were busy in my brain, and my heart's song was a dirge — "Break, break, break, "O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with...boat on the bay. "And the stately ships go on, To the haven under the hill— But, 0, for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...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 boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To the haven under the hill ; But, O, for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that... | |
 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...cold, gray stones, O Sea, And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. 0, well for the fisherman's boy That he shouts with his...his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To the haven under the hill ; But, O, for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that... | |
 | Henry Reed - English literature - 1855 - 404 pages
...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...stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But oh for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still! Break, break, break At... | |
 | Henry Reed - English literature - 1855 - 416 pages
...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...stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But oh for the touch of a vanish'd hand, Break, break, break At the foot of thy crags, 0 sea ! But the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1855 - 326 pages
...thoughts that arise in me. 0 well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! 0 well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To the haven under the hill ; But oh for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is... | |
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