THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like... The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 5031881Full view - About this book
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 1851 - 422 pages
...grew the tree. 0 earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows,...solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go. But in my spirit will I dwell, And dream my dream, and hold it true : For tho' my lips may breathe... | |
| 1892 - 916 pages
...or destruction. Our Poet-laureate has aptly expressed the truth we wish to expound, in the words : The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mists, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves to go. In dealing with the geological aspects... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1859 - 520 pages
...grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows,...solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go. But in my spirit will I dwell, And dream my dream, and hold it true ; For though my lips may breathe... | |
| Henry James Slack - Civilization - 1860 - 260 pages
...grew the tree ! Oh ! Earth, what changes thou hast seen ! There where the long street roars hath been The stillness of the central sea. " The hills are...form to form, and nothing stands : They melt like mists the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go."* But all these changes have taken... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 364 pages
...grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows,...solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go. But in my spirit will I dwell, And dream my dream, and hold it true ; For though my lips may breathe... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 364 pages
...out a rose. CXXII. THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to...solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go. But in my spirit will I dwell, And dream my dream, and hold it true ; For though my lips may breathe... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 390 pages
...grew the tree. O earth, what changes thou hast seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows,...nothing stands; They melt like mist, the solid lands, But in my spirit will I dwell, And dream my dream, and hold it true; For tho' my lips may breathe adieu,... | |
| American periodicals - 1861 - 606 pages
...grew the tree, 0 earth ! wbat changes hast thou seen I There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea, " The hills are...From form to form and nothing stands ; They melt like mists, the solid lands, Like clouds they change themselves and go." No one could have written the foregoing... | |
| Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club - Cotswold Hills (England) - 1892 - 394 pages
...physical changes which have taken place, the words of the Poet Laureate have come into my mind — " The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to...nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands 10 After lunch at the Red Lion, Westbury, and the election of Dr Davis, of Cheltenham, and Mr PW Waller,... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1862 - 698 pages
...out a rose. CXXII. THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to...solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go. But in my spirit will I dwell, And dream my dream, and hold it true $ For though my lips may breathe... | |
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