 | George Douglas Campbell Duke of Argyll - Cosmology - 1884 - 732 pages
...mechanics as the bridge, both being structures in which the same arrangement is adapted to the same end. " Small, but a work divine ; Frail, but of force to...cataract seas that snap The three-decker's oaken spine." "•Maud" TENNYSON. This is but one instance out of a number which no man can count. So far as we know,... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke - Apologetics - 1884 - 172 pages
...whorl, A miracle of design, — Slight; to be crushed with a tap Of my finger-nail on the sand, — Frail, but of force to withstand, Year upon year,...cataract seas that snap The three-decker's oaken spine Athwart the ledges of rock." Surely when we behold these things we know that a Wiser than man is here.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1884 - 412 pages
...horn Thro' his dim water-world? 4. Slight, to be crash 'd with a tap Of my finger-nail on the sand, Small, but a work divine, Frail, but of force to withstand, Year upon year, the whock Of cataract seas that snap The three-deckerV oaken spine Athwart the lodges of rock, Uere on... | |
 | Richard S. Rhodes - American poetry - 1885 - 444 pages
...horn Thro' his dim water- world? Slight, to be crush' d with a tap Of my finger -nail on the sand, Small, but a work divine, Frail, but of force to •withstand,...cataract seas that snap The three-decker's oaken spine Athwart the ledges of rock Here on the Breton strand! A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW. MRS. MABY A. FORD ("UNA.")... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1885 - 526 pages
...horn Thro' his dim water-world ? IV. Slight, to be crush'd with a tap Of my finger-nail on the sand, Small, but a work divine, Frail, but of force to withstand,...upon year, the shock Of cataract seas that snap The three decker's oaken spine Athwart the ledges of rock, Here on the Breton strand! v. Breton, not Briton... | |
 | Junius Benjamin Remensnyder - Bible - 1886 - 382 pages
...mechanics as the bridge; both being structures in which the same arrangement is adapted to the same end.* " Small, but a work divine ; Frail, but of force to...cataract seas that snap The three-decker's oaken spine." As we remark all these curious arrangements * " The Reign of Law," by the Duke of Argyle, pp. 99, too.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1886 - 694 pages
...fairy horn Thro' his dim water- world ? Slight, to be crush'd with a tap Of my finger-nail on the sand, Small, but a work divine, Frail, but of force to withstand,...upon year, the shock Of cataract seas that snap The three decker's oaken spine Athwart the ledges of rock, Here on the Breton strand ! Breton, not Briton... | |
 | American poetry - 1886 - 222 pages
...fairy horn Thro' his dim water-world ? Slight, to be crush'd with a tap Of my finger-nail on the sand, Small, but a work divine, Frail, but of force to withstand,...upon year, the shock Of cataract seas that snap The three decker's oaken spine Athwart the ledges of rock, Here on the Breton strand ! Tcnnvsnn. A FISHING-TOWN.... | |
 | Elizabeth Amelia Sharp - English poetry - 1887 - 362 pages
...fairy horn Thro' his dim water-world ? Slight, to be crush'd with a tap Of my finger-nail on the sand, Small, but a work divine, Frail, but of force to withstand,...cataract seas, that snap The three-decker's oaken spine Athwart the ledges of rock, Here on the Breton strand ! LORD TENNYSON. FROM "THE PALACE OF ART." A... | |
 | Richard Rhodes - American poetry - 1887 - 426 pages
...horn Thro' his dim water- world? Blight, to be crush' d with a tap Of my finger -nail on the sand, Small, but a work divine, Frail, but of force to withstand....Of cataract seas that snap The three-decker's oaken spino Athwart the ledges of rock Here on the Breton strand! A HUNDRED YEAES FROM NOW. MES. MABT A.... | |
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Thro' his dim water-world? IV Slight, to be crush'd with a tap Of my finger-nail on the sand, Small, but a work divine, Frail, but of force to withstand. Year upon year, the shock Of cataract seas that snap The three-decker's oaken spine Athwart the ledges... 
