 The sea is calm to-night. The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits ; — on the French coast the light Gleams and is gone ; the cliffs of England stand, Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay.  Interpretations of Literature - Page 318by Lafcadio Hearn - 1915Full view - About this book
 | Matthew Arnold - 1867 - 226 pages
...the pier. — Ah, might I always rest unseen, So I might have thee always near ! DOVER BEACH. rilHE sea is calm to-night, The tide is full, the moon lies...night air! Only, from the long line of spray Where the ebb meets the moon-blanched sand, Listen ! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves suck... | |
 | 1869 - 898 pages
...expression to this complaint, is at once the finest and most despondent of these poems : DOVER BEACH. The sea is calm to-night, The tide is full, the moon...to the window, sweet is the night air Only from the line of spray 668 The Poetry of the Tear. €69 Where the ebb meets the moon-blanch'd sand, Listen... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 286 pages
...Rhine! To-night those soft-fringed eyes shall close Beneath one roof, my queen! with mine. DOVER BEACH. T^HE sea is calm to-night, The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits;—on the French coast, the light Gleams, and is gone; the cliffs of England stand, Glimmering... | |
 | 1872 - 590 pages
...poem which displays all his characteristic excellences in a remarkable degree : — " DOVER BEACH. " The sea is calm to-night, The tide is full, the moon...Glimmering and vast out in the tranquil bay. Come to the windows, sweet is the night air ! Only from the long line of spray, Where the ebb meets the moon-blanched... | |
 | 1872 - 1176 pages
...poem which displays all his characteristic excellences in a remarkable degree : — " DOVER BBACH. " The sea is calm to-night, The tide is full, the moon...the French coast the light Gleams, and is gone ; the clins of England stand Glimmering and vast out in the tranquil bay. Come to the windows, sweet is the... | |
 | Martha Le Baron Goddard - 1874 - 248 pages
...on, and tells its woe To the pitiless breakers of Appledore. JAMES R. LOWELL. DOVER BEACH. /"T"VHE sea is calm to-night, •^ The tide is full, the moon...air ! Only from the long line of spray, Where the ebb meets the moon-blanched sand, Listen ! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles, which the waves suck... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 290 pages
...unhearing tide, — The world his country, and his God his guide. William Lisle Bowles DOVER BEACH. THE sea is calm to-night, The tide is full, the moon...the tranquil bay. Come to the window, sweet is the night-air! Only from the long line of spray Where the ebb meets the moon-blanched sand, Listen ! you... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 294 pages
...unhearing tide, — The world his country, and his God his guide. DOVER BEACH. William Lisle Bowles THE sea is calm to-night, The tide is full, the moon...the tranquil bay. Come to the window, sweet is the night-air! Only from the long line of spray Where the ebb meets the moon-blanched sand, Listen! you... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...nations : I disperse Men to all shores that front the hoary main. RALPH WALDO EUEKSON. DOVER BEACH. THE sea is calm to-night, The tide is full, the moon...stand, Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay. Como to the window ; sweet is the night air ! Only, from the long line of spray Where the ebb meets... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1878 - 416 pages
...sun's noon heat, Lo, tender pulses round thee beat, 0 late and sweet ! MARY TOWNLKY. DOVER BEACH. DHE sea is calm to-night, The tide is full, the moon lies...air ! Only, from the long line of spray Where the ebb meets the moon-blanch'd sand, Listen ! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves draw... | |
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