"Our fathers watered with their tears This sea of time whereon we sail;"
"Their voices were in all men's ears Who passed within their puissant hail,"
"Still the same ocean round us raves, But we stand mute, and watch the waves."
From Poems By Matthew Arnold. New and Complete Edition. (p. 339) Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, New York; no year listed. Matthew Arnold 1822 - 1888, viewed as a critic of the Victorian Age! What of this age now closing on 2024?
puissant = powerful; strong; mighty; forcible - - from: Noah Webster's First Edition Of The English Language, 1828.
