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    Dover Beach Ideas for class discussion.

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    DOVER Beach light,

    Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for


    1The sea is calm to-night. pain;
    The tide is full, the moon lies fair And we are here as on a darkling plain
    Upon the straits; on the French coast Swept with confused alarms of
    the light struggle and flight,
    Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of Where ignorant armies clash by night.
    England stand;
    Glimmering and vast, out in the DOVER Beach
    tranquil bay.
    Come to the window, sweet is the 1The sea is calm to-night.
    night-air! The tide is full, the moon lies fair
    Only, from the long line of spray Upon the straits; on the French coast
    Where the sea meets the moon- the light
    blanched land, Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of
    Listen! You hear the grating roar England stand;
    Of pebbles which the waves drawback, Glimmering and vast, out in the
    and fling, tranquil bay.
    At their return, up the high strand, Come to the window, sweet is the
    Begin, and cease, and then again night-air!
    begin, Only, from the long line of spray
    With tremulous cadence slow, and Where the sea meets the moon-
    bring blanched land,
    The eternal note of sadness in. Listen! You hear the grating roar
    Of pebbles which the waves drawback,
    2Sophocles long ago and fling,
    Heard it on the Aegean, and it brought At their return, up the high strand,
    Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Begin, and cease, and then again
    Of human misery; we begin,
    Find also in the sound a thought, With tremulous cadence slow, and
    Hearing it by this distant northern sea. bring
    The eternal note of sadness in.
    3 The Sea of Faith
    was once, too, at the full, and round 2Sophocles long ago
    earth's shore Heard it on the Aegean, and it brought
    Lay like the folds of a bright girdle Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow
    furled. Of human misery; we
    But now I only hear Find also in the sound a thought,
    Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Hearing it by this distant northern sea.
    Retreating, to the breath
    Of the night-wind, down the vast 3 The Sea of Faith
    edges drear was once, too, at the full, and round
    And naked shingles of the world. earth's shore
    Lay like the folds of a bright girdle
    4Ah, love, let us be true furled.
    to one another! for the world, which But now I only hear
    seems Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,
    To lie before us like a land of dreams, Retreating, to the breath
    So various, so beautiful, so new, Of the night-wind, down the vast
    Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor
    edges drear
    And naked shingles of the world.

    4 Ah, love, let us be true


    to one another! for the world, which
    seems
    To lie before us like a land of dreams,
    So various, so beautiful, so new,
    Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor
    light,
    Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for
    pain;
    And we are here as on a darkling plain
    Swept with confused alarms of
    struggle and flight,
    Where ignorant armies clash by night.

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