THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like... The Philosophy of Progress in Human Affairs - Page 4by Henry James Slack - 1860 - 239 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1881 - 622 pages
...where grew the tree. 0 earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars hath besn The stillness of the central sea. ' The hills are...form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go.' And then in another instant the poet... | |
| 1850 - 806 pages
...thought : — ' And all the phantom nature stands A hollow form with empty hands ;' and again : — ' There, where the long street roars, hath been The...form to form; and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands. Like clouds they shape themselves and go.' A passage wherein is harmonized sublimity... | |
| Charles Granville Gepp - 1830 - 194 pages
...EXERCISE VI. (Tennyson). There rolls the deep, where grew the tree ; 0 Earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There, where the long street roars, hath been...form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, — Like clouds, they shape themselves and go. But in my spirit will I dwell,... | |
| 1921 - 472 pages
...localities appear to present. "There rolls the deep where grew the tree. 0 earth, what changes hast thou seen! There where the long street roars, hath been...From form to form, and nothing stands; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go." (Tennyson, In Mrmorlam, cxx111.)... | |
| 1891 - 850 pages
...was as follows : — There rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen I There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness...form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands Like clouds they shape themselves and go. It is remarkable that Browning, though... | |
| 1893 - 840 pages
...where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars bath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are...form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt, like mist, the solid lands. Like clouds they shape themselves and go. Many angry things have been said about... | |
| 1897 - 986 pages
...conclusion of an important chapter in geology: — There rolls the deop whore RFPW tho tree: O Enrth, what changes thou hast seen! There where the long...hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills like shadows melt, they flow From form to form, and nothing stands; They fade like mists, the solid... | |
| Geological Society of London - 1907 - 742 pages
...claimed for this Alpine region, so that here we must suppose the poet's words to have come true : ' The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands.' To return, however, to the experiments with cobbler's wax. In those recently described, layers, representing,... | |
| Geological Society of London - 1900 - 1002 pages
...Mesozoic era. Did the Bunter rivers run northward, we might indeed exclaim with Tennyson : ' The hille are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands.' But in one direction we find the physical and lithological conditions very nearly satisfied — namely... | |
| 1856 - 978 pages
...the poet : — " There rolls the deep, where grew the tree, Oh earth, what changes hast them seen 1 There, where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea !" one day settle, like war rising over the horizon of peace, and covering with desolation the land... | |
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