 Haply, the river of Time As it grows, as the towns on its marge Fling their wavering lights On a wider, statelier stream May acquire, if not the calm Of its early mountainous shore, Yet a solemn peace of its own.  Queen's Quarterly - Page 3351913Full view - About this book
 | Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1853 - 298 pages
...River of Time, As it grows, as the towns on its marge Fling their wavering lights On a wider statelier stream — May acquire, if not the calm Of its early...own. And the width of the waters, the hush Of the grey expanse where he floats, Freshening its current and spotted with foam As it draws to the Ocean,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 286 pages
...river of Time, As it grows, as the towns on its marge Fling their wavering lights On a wider, statelier stream— May acquire, if not the calm Of its early...own. And the width of the waters, the hush Of the grey expanse where he floats, Freshening its current and spotted with foam As it draws to the Ocean,... | |
 | Cycle - 1871 - 202 pages
...wavering lights On a wider, statelier stream, — May acquire, if not the calm Of its early monotonous shore, Yet a solemn peace of its own. And the width of the waters, the hush Of the grey expanse where he floats, Freshening its current and spotted with foam, As it draws to the ocean,... | |
 | Poems - 1872 - 362 pages
...river of Time, As it grows, as the towns on its marge Fling their wavering lights On a wider, statelier stream — May acquire, if not the calm Of its early...own. And the width of the waters, the hush Of the grey expanse where he floats, Freshening its current and spotted with foam As it draws to the Ocean,... | |
 | 1873 - 354 pages
...River of Time, As it grows, as the towns on its marge Fling their wavering lights On a wider statelier stream — May acquire, if not the calm Of its early mountainous shore, Yet a solemn pace of its own. And the width of the waters, the hush Of the gray expanse where he floats, Freshening... | |
 | Universities and colleges - 1883 - 520 pages
...us we know not, And we know not what shall succeed. Haply, the river of Time — As it grows ****** May acquire, if not the calm Of its early mountainous...of its own. And the width of the waters, the hush ***** may strike Peace to the soul of the man on its breast. ******* As the stars come out, and the... | |
 | American literature - 1883 - 876 pages
...by the moral and spiritual earthquakes which shake the world, it will flow on through the ages, and acquire, " if not the calm Of its early mountainous shore, Yet a solemn peace of its own, As it grows, as the towns on its marge Fling their wavering lights On a wider, statelier stream ; As... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1883 - 586 pages
...of Time,— As it grows, as the towns on its marge Fling their wavering lights On a wider, statelier stream,— May acquire, if not the calm Of its early mountainous shore, Tet a solemn peace of its own. And the width of the waters, the hush Of the gray expanse where he floats,... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1882 - 1134 pages
...of Time,— As it grows, as the towns on Its marge Fling their wavering lights On a wider, statelier Ita current and spotted with foam As it draws to the Ocean, may strike Peace to the soul of the man... | |
 | 1885 - 762 pages
...Time, — As it grows, as the towns on its marge Fling their wavering lights On a wider, statelier stream,— May acquire, if not the calm Of its early...of the waters, the hush Of the gray expanse where be floats. Freshening its current and spotted with foam As it draw to the Ocean, may strike Peace to... | |
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