 Tis not 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. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down:...  The Ship-dwellers: A Story of a Happy Cruise - Page 31by Albert Bigelow Paine - 1910 - 393 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Garrett - 1871 - 814 pages
...poem, — the most epiccan fragment since Milton's days. For my purpose holds ' " To sail unto the West until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down, It may bo we shall reach the blessed isles ; And see the great Achilles whom wo knew.' " But Arjuna left not... | |
 | Edward Maitland - 1871 - 488 pages
...the gold has been thrown up from a volcano, and remains much where it has chanced to fall.' BOOK V. ' My purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset and the baths Of all the western stars — It may be that the gulfs will wash us down : It may be we shall touch the... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1872 - 510 pages
...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...down ; It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And >ee the great Achilles whom we knew ; " &c. JEneaa bearing Anchisea from the flames of Troy. CHAPTER... | |
 | 2002 - 566 pages
...on diminishing it. So far we may strive in one faith towards one hope: It may he that the gulfs may wash us down. It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles. . . . hut something ere the end. I Some work of noble note may yet be done' ( l 894; 86). " This is... | |
 | James Longenbach - 2009 - 139 pages
...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...Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Ulysses wants to die before he dies, to sail beyond the sunset before the sun sets. The wish is paradoxical,... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - 778 pages
...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...Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Though much is taken, much abides; and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved... | |
 | Jasper Griffin - 2004 - 116 pages
...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...Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew , , , The Lotus-Eaters, another of Tennyson's finest poems, is also based on the events of the Odyssey,... | |
 | Mark Christopher Allister - 2004 - 292 pages
...order smite the sounding furrows; for My purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset, and the paths of all Western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs...Happy Isles, and see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides; and Tho' we are not now what strength which in old days moved earth... | |
 | Christopher M. Byron - 2004 - 416 pages
...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. But by whose compass was the voyage to be guided? And how would one know, when the lines were cast... | |
 | Wayne Willis - 2004 - 126 pages
...aderit. "Bidden or unbidden, God is here." Use the space below to record your thoughts. Chapter Fifty My purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset, and the baths of all the western stars, until I die. Alfred Lord Tennyson I clearly remember the first time I felt old. Can you? For many of us it was a... | |
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