 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
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1858 - 402 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,... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American poetry - 1858 - 642 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 ! O well for the sailor lad, And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand,... | |
 | 1858 - 140 pages
...Deepdene, near Dorking, Surrey." SR PERCY. Is rather hard in treatment. No. 408. JC HOOK, RA Elect. " 0 well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay." These marine pieces of Mr. Hook's are mere sketches ; but magnificent sketches withal. Do not examine... | |
 | Benjamin John Wallace, Albert Barnes - Presbyterian Church - 1858 - 720 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 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... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1858 - 458 pages
...profitable for the body, profitable for the mind. The poet's words are sometimes on its awful lips : And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But 0 for the touch of a vanish' d hand, And the sound of a voice that is still 1 Break, break, break,... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American poetry - 1858 - 644 pages
...that my tongue could utter The thoughts that 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 haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand,... | |
 | 1859 - 662 pages
...many, perhaps, who sing them or hear them sung do not know the full bearing and significance : — " And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But 0 for the touch of a vanish'd hand And the sound of a voice that is still !" That the father and the... | |
 | Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott - 1859 - 660 pages
...from Bideford : several coaches run daily between Barnstaple and Ilfracombe (11 miles). ILFRACOMBE. " And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But oh, for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! Break, break, break,... | |
 | Mackenzie Edward C. Walcott - 1859 - 216 pages
...from Bideford : several coaches run daily between Barnstaple and Ilfracombe (11 miles). ILFRACOMBE. " And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; Bat oh, for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! Break, break,... | |
 | Peter Bayne - Authors, English - 1860 - 432 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...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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