 | William Henry Hudson - 1913 - 484 psl.
...Homer's phrase, like leaves on the trees of a forest. So the voice of nature speaks to Arnold : Race after race, man after man, Have thought that...They are dust, they are changed, they are gone ! I remain.1 Sometimes the contrast is between some phenomenon or aspect of nature and man's life. So Catullus... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - 1923 - 404 psl.
...your great ones depart, will ye say : All things have suffer' da loss, Nature is hid in their grave ? Race after race, man after man. Have thought that...his verse with quickened feelings. He rests from his labours. We still Stem across the sea of life by night, and the voice, once the voice of the living,... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - 1910 - 964 psl.
...ones depart, will ye say : All things hitre suffered a toss, Nature m hid in their grave f 720 721 or - -`F - 1 1 remain." 1852. SELF-DEPENDENCE WEARY of myself, and sick of asking TVhat I am, and what I ought... | |
 | Clarence Edward Andrews, Milton Oswin Percival - 1924 - 624 psl.
...'Race after race, man after man. Have dream'd that my secret was theirs. Have thought that I liv'd but for them, That they were my glory and joy. They are dust, they are chang'd, they are gone. I remain.' MORALITY [1852.] WE cannot kindle when we will The fire that in... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1924 - 456 psl.
...' Race after race, man after man, Have dream'd that my secret was theirs, Have thought that I liv'd but for them, That they were my glory and joy. They are dust, they are chang'd, they are gone. I remain.' THE YOUTH OF MAN WE, 0 Nature, depart, Thou survivest us : ' this,... | |
 | Alfred Denis Godley - 1926 - 384 psl.
...more eloquently than hand-books and museums, of the transience of Man and the permanence of Nature. Race after race, man after man, Have thought that my secret was theirs, Have dreamed that I lived but for them, That they were my glory and joy, They are dust, they are changed,... | |
 | Colorado College - 1904 - 700 psl.
...part of The Youth of Nature, the soul is degraded before nature. In the last stanza, Nature says: " Race after race, man after man, Have thought that...dust, they are changed, they are gone! I remain." NARRATIVE AND DRAMA. Thus far we have succeeded in obtaining some understanding of various chief qualities... | |
 | Colorado College - 1904 - 598 psl.
...latter part of The Youth of Nature, the soul is degraded before nature. In the last stanza, Nature says: "Race after race, man after man, Have thought that...dust, they are changed, they are gone! I remain." NARRATIVE AND DRAMA. Thus far we have succeeded in obtaining some understanding of various chief qualities... | |
 | Edward Picot - 1997 - 354 psl.
...Arnold makes a very similar point. He ends the poem by putting the following words into Nature's mouth: 'Race after race, man after man, Have thought that...dust, they are changed, they are gone! I remain.' (Arnold, 'The Youth of Nature', II. 129-34) The size of the timespan suggested by these lines may represent... | |
 | 1890 - 424 psl.
...wise, and serene with the peace of countless ages. He hears " the voice of the mighty Mother " say, " Race after race, man after man Have thought that my secret was theirs, Have dreamed chat I lived but for them, That they were my glory and joy. They are dust, they are changed,... | |
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Have dream'd that I lived but for them, That they were my glory and joy. They are dust, they are changed, they are gone ! I remain. 
