Listen! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves suck back, and fling, At… — Matthew Arnold

Listen! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves suck back, and fling, At their return, up the high strand, Begin, and cease, and then again begin, With tremulous cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles long ago Heard it on the Aegean.