...Rossetti's poems as to the merit of which it will be seen Mr. Swinburne and ourselves are not agreed. ' Consider the sea's listless chime ; Time's self it...made audible^ The murmur of the earth's own shell.' ' This,' says Mr. Swinburne, ' has the solemn weight and depth of living water, and a sound like the...

...illustration the first and last verses of " The Sea Limits," which sufficiently embody its motive : — " Consider the sea's listless chime, Time's self it is, made audible, The murmur of the earth's own spoil. Secret continuance sublime Is the sen's end : our sight may pass Ko furlong further. Since time...

...Rossetti's poems as to the merit of which it will be seen Mr. Swinburne and ourselves are not agreed. ' Consider the sea's listless chime ; Time's self it is made audible ; The murmur of the earth's own ehell.' ' This,' says Mr. Swinburne, ' has the solemn weight and depth of living water, and a sound...

...barriers, And laid her face between her hands, And wept. (I heard her tears.) DG Rossttli. THE SEA LIMITS. CONSIDER the sea's listless chime; Time's self it...sound hath told the lapse of time. No quiet, which is death's,—it hath The mournfulness of ancient life, Enduring always at dull strife. As the world's...

...MYERS. CXLVII. THE SEA-LIMITS. CONSIDER the sea's listless chime; Tune's self it is, inaudible,— The murmur of the earth's own shell. Secret continuance...sound hath told the lapse of time. No quiet, which is death's,—it hath The mournfulness of ancient life, Enduring always at dull strife. As the world's...

...children of our foes — Laid the body of our Drummer-boy to undisturbed repose. ROSSETTI. THE SEA-LIMITS. CONSIDER the sea's listless chime : Time's self it...sublime Is the sea's end. Our sight may pass No furlong farther. Since time was, This sound hath told the lapse of time. No quiet, which is death's — it...

...sunset, and the shade Of its great multitude be laid Upon the earth and elder sands, THE SEA-LIMITS. CONSIDER the sea's listless chime : Time's self it...time was, This sound hath told the lapse of time. 9 No quiet, which is death's, — it hath The mournfulness of ancient life, Enduring always at dull...

...earth's own shell. Secret continuance sublime Is the sea's end. Our sight may pass No furlong farther. Since time was, This sound hath told the lapse of...is death's — it hath The mournfulness of ancient lite, Enduring always at dull strife. As the world's heart of rest and wrath, Its painful pulse is...

...their epherea. The Sta Limas. Consider the fft'e listless chwne ; Time's self it is, made andible— The murmur of the earth's own shell Secret continuance sublime Is the sea's end : our sight may pasa No furlong further. Since time wae. This sound hath told the lapse of time. No qniet. which IB...

...Limits/ express well the feeling that there is one life pervading all things in some mysterious way. ' Consider the sea's listless chime : Time's self it...Since time was This sound hath told the lapse of time. ' Listen alone beside the sea, Listen alone among the woods ; Those voices of twin solitudes Shall...