 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
 | Samuel Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1853 - 228 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...their haven 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,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1853 - 468 pages
...thy cold gray stones, oh 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...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... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1853 - 404 pages
...thoughts that arise in me. O 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...their haven 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,... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...proof. One of these occurs in the Stanzas commencing " Break, break, break," and runs thus : — . the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! " The Poet who can write like this may well... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1853 - 234 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 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... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1853 - 228 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 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... | |
 | Cuthbert Bede - 1853 - 372 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 Rectory,... | |
 | 1885 - 358 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...! And the stately ships go on To their haven under tbe hill ; But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! TIE the... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...thy cold, gray stones, 0 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... | |
 | Meta Lander - Congregational churches - 1854 - 340 pages
...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...their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! 1 Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags,... | |
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