...in order, smite The sounding farrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the snnset, and the bath* Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down ! It m»y be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew, Tho* much is taken,...

...us, with stout hearts set on diminishing it. So far, we all may strive in one faith towards one hope: It may be that the gulfs will wash us down, It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, . . . but something ere the end, Some work of noble note may yet be done. [Tennyson] of essays from...

...too late to seek a newer world Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows: for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. 8. One night it was Victor's turn. Victor said, "I remember the name of my teacher: It was Ormenus....

...family! I felt happy when I boarded the train bound for Trieste. Finally, I was going home! 26 Spain To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die, — Alfred Lord Tennyson, Ulysses The following summer, on my way to Trieste, I flew to Madrid. While...

...too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western starts, until I die... —Alfred Tennyson, "Ulysses" My physical body is the central...

...and the grand festival held in honour of the safe return of the fleet. 10. CONQUERORS OF THE SEA. " My purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset and the baths Of all the westem seas until I die." — TKNNYSOIT, Ulysses. Now when the six hundred thousand children...

...the dramatic monologue. Tennyson's Ulysses echoes Simeon's phrase "till I die" in his declaration, "my purpose holds / To sail beyond the sunset, and...the baths / Of all the western stars, until I die" (59—61). Rather than anticipating death, each speaker is anticipating a state of tremendous ongoing...