 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 - 1866 - 734 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, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To their haven under... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1866 - 398 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 O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on he bay ! And the stately ships go on To their... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1866 - 404 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... | |
 | Greek letter societies - 1904 - 524 pages
...upon you, giving peace and making you pure and strong. And some in sadness not all pain, will say, "O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still!" Thus may memory, hope and joy make of this house a home indeed! During Brother Stowe's... | |
 | John Foster, Gordon Dennis - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1995 - 136 pages
...I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. O well for the fisherman's boy 5 That he shouts with his sister at play! O well for...stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; m But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still! Break, break, break,... | |
 | Stephen Adams - Poetry - 1997 - 260 pages
...cold grey stones, O Sea! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. ff » O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play! f S * O well for the sailor lad, But the last two stanzas reveal tüe real matrix of the stanza in... | |
 | William Harmon - Literary Collections - 1998 - 386 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 vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still! Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags,... | |
 | Werner R. Loewenstein - Science - 1999 - 385 pages
...of honeysuckle, the sounds of rushing wind. It involves the remembrance of things—a beloved face, the "touch of a vanish'd hand and the sound of a voice that is still." It involves the awareness of the passing of time, our joys and worries, our wonderings... | |
 | Philipp Wolf - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 224 pages
...seems to achieve its performative ends only in a living social context: O well for the fisherman's hoy, That he shouts with his sister at play! O well for...sailor lad. That he sings in his boat on the bay! The fisherman and sailor are immediately involved and therefore at ease with their ways of expression.... | |
 | Vibha Surana - 2002 - 276 pages
...ships go on - To their haven under the hill;" (SEJ-I, 176). Sie hört vor den folgenden Zeilen auf: „But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, — And the sound of a voice that is still!" 18 Shekhar, dem die weiteren Zeilen des Gedichts auch gegenwärtig sind, kann kein... | |
| |
