Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, O Sea! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Break, Break, Break (1842); Exact wording and attribution checked. Complete final stanza contrasting the sea’s recurrent motion with an irretrievable day.
- Break, Break, Break (1842)
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