 But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the breath Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world. Ah, love, let us be true To one another ! for the world, which seems To lie before us like...  An Introduction to Poetry - Page 419by Jay Broadus Hubbell, John Owen Beaty - 1923 - 524 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1894 - 284 pages
...preacher has said, love ; and what is this but the thought of Arnold in the following : — " Ah, love, let us be true to one another! for the world which...peace, nor help for pain; And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight Where ignorant armies clash by night."... | |
 | 1882 - 972 pages
...of want and misery, and, in the mournful words of Matthew Arnold, are ready to declare that . . . " the world which seems To lie before us like a land...Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain ;" and one can feel nothing of . . . " that blessed mood In which the burden of the mystery, In which the... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1867 - 226 pages
...faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled; But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing...peace, nor help for pain; And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night.... | |
 | 1868 - 986 pages
...only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating to the breath Of the night wind down tho vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world....peace, nor help for pain ; And we are here, as on a darkling plain, Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night."... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 286 pages
...cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles long ago Heard it on the •iEgamn, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow...peace, nor help for pain; And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and fight, Where ignorant armies clash by night!... | |
 | 1869 - 898 pages
...But now I only hear Its melancholy, long withdrawing roar Betreating to the breath Of the night-winds down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the...peace, nor help for pain ; And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night.... | |
 | 1872 - 1176 pages
...the night-wind, down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world. " Ah, love, let us be (me To one another ! — for the world which seems To...Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain ; And here we are as on a darkling plain, Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant... | |
 | Martha Le Baron Goddard - 1874 - 248 pages
...night wind down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world. AT BAY RIDGE, LI IOI Ah, love, let us be true To one another ! for the world which...peace, nor help for pain ; And we are here as on a darkling plain, Swept with confused alarms of struggle and fight, Where ignorant armies clash by night.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 290 pages
...faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled; But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing...peace, nor help for pain; And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night.... | |
 | Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1895 - 588 pages
...the note of its profoundest conviction falls upon our ears, it has far other sound : — ' Ah love, let us be true To one another, for the world which...peace, nor help for pain, And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night.'... | |
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