 | 1855
...not often surpassed by ttte poets of this world : " My purpose hold* To sail beyond the (unset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may bo that the gulf will wash us down, It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles... | |
 | East India college - 1856
...among their greatest productions. Observe the simplicity with which Tennyson touches on these — " for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the...Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew." There is a simple pathos in that expression — It is a sort of prophetic feeling in his own heart... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1856 - 379 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. Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho' We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1856
...the old, much-enduring Mariner King is again panting for untried dangers and undiscovered lands: — "My purpose holds, To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die." Tennyson, with his fine artistic instinct, saw that the idea of Ulysses at rest was an incongruous... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1856
...thought, and has chosen rather to picture him journeying ever onwards toward infinity or death — " It may be, that the gulfs will wash us down — It may be, we shall reach the happy isles. And see the great Achilles, whom we knew ." And with breathless interest, and... | |
 | 1856
...and indomitable mariner-king panted for untried dangers and undiscovered lands. His purpose was " to sail beyond the sunset, and the baths of all the western stars, until he died." Thus actuated, man is lifted to a higher platform of observation, whence he may read the... | |
 | Freeman Hunt - 1856
...and indomitable mariner-king panted for untried dangers and undiscovered lands. His purpose was " to sail beyond the sunset, and the baths of all the western stars, until he died." Thus actuated, man is lifted to a higher platform of observation, whence he may read the... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - 1856 - 445 pages
...and indomitable mariner-king panted for untried dangers and undiscovered lands. His purpose was " to sail beyond the sunset, and the baths of all the western stars, until he died." Thus actuated, man is lifted to a higher platform of observation whence he may read the book... | |
 | 1903
...unknown. That was the impulse which stirred old Ulysses to set forth once more upon his travels. " For my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the...stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash as down. It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew." "It may... | |
 | 1870
...port has this destination, and will bear you thither if you will. " It may be that the gulfs shall wash us down : It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew," absently murmured Lucy, looking on this beautiful apparition. " But I can't help thinking of Ulysses's... | |
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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:... 
