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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:... "
The Lure of the Mediterranean: The Ship Dwellers: a Story of a Happy Cruise - Page 31
by Albert Bigelow Paine - 1911 - 393 pages
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Testosterone Inc: Tales of CEOs Gone Wild

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...
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Hope Notes: 52 Meditations to Nudge Your World

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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Food for Thought: A Philosopher's Cookbook

Marthinus Versfeld - 2004 - 176 pages
...so many moods of the sea: Through scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vext the dim sea . . . . . . for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. But there are also the homely stars made by men: The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: The long...
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Sea Poems: A Seafarer Anthology

Bob Crew - 2005 - 170 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...
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Worldwired

Elizabeth Bear - 2005 - 418 pages
...and Francophone Canada (to name two examples at randomj, it wasn't about to change anytime soon. For my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die . . . Dr. Tjakamarra. Leslie. Les. Can you hear me? Voices. Two voices, not just one. Familiar voices....
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The English Reader: What Every Literate Person Needs to Know

Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - 2006 - 512 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...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 Mov'd earth...
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Making a Poem: Some Thoughts about Poetry and the People Who Write It

Miller Williams - 2006 - 137 pages
...have enjoyed Greatly, have suffered greatly, both with those That loved me, and alone. . . . And then, my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the...I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down. . . . Give him "beyond the sunset"; my point is that his language was alive for his time and has almost...
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Opportunity: Optimizing Life's Chances

Donald Morris - 2006 - 470 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." — Tennyson (1809-1892), Ulysses Whatever else hell connotes, it stands for the proposition, "If you...
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Past and Present

Thomas Carlyle - 2005 - 978 pages
...will wash us down" (62); "towards which we are to steer incessantly for life" recalls the lines "To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths /Of all the western stars, until I die" (60-61); and "Happy Isles" refers to the line "It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles" (63). The...
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New Poetry Works: A Workbook Anthology

Robin Malan - 2007 - 316 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...
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