The floor is of sand, like the mountain drift. And the pearl-shells spangle the flinty snow ; From coral rocks the sea-plants lift Their boughs, where the tides and billows flow; The water is calm and still below. For the winds and waves are absent there,... Choice Specimens of American Literature - Page 177by Benjamin Nicholas Martin - 1871 - 223 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Mathew Gutch - 1822 - 584 pages
...and billows flow ; The water Ь calm and still below. Рог the winds and waves are absent there, And the sands are bright as the stars that glow In...leaf of the dulse is seen To blush, like a banner bath'd in slaughter : There with a light and easy motion. The fan-coralsweeps thro' the clear deep... | |
| James Gates Percival - 1822 - 262 pages
...tides and billows flow ; The water is calm and still below, For the winds and waves are absent there, And the sands are bright as the stars, that glow In...of upper air: There with its waving blade of green, There with a light and easy motion, The fan-coral sweeps thro' the clear deep sea ; And the yellow... | |
| James Gates Percival - Americana - 1823 - 418 pages
...still below, For the winds and waves are absent there, And the sands are bright as the stars that glovr In the motionless fields of upper air : There with...through the clear deep sea ; And the yellow and scarlet tails of ocean. Are bending like corn on the upland lea : And life, in rare and beautiful forms, Is... | |
| 1824 - 600 pages
...the motionless fields of upper air. , . . ; ,c There, with its waving blade of green, . m,: ,..,., The sea-flag streams through the silent water, And...motion, The fan-coral sweeps through the clear, deep sea j , ; And the yellow and scarlet tufts of ocean Are bending like corn in the upland lea; And life,... | |
| Joseph Tinker Buckingham - American literature - 1824 - 264 pages
...calm and still below, For the winds and waves are absent there, And the stars are bright as the sands, that glow In the motionless fields of upper air :...leaf of the dulse is seen To blush, like a banner bath'd in slaughter : There with a light and easy motion, The fan-coral sweeps through the clear deep... | |
| Joseph Tinker Buckingham - American literature - 1824 - 330 pages
...calm and still below, For the winds and waves are absent there, And the stars are bright as the sands, that glow In the motionless fields of upper air :...with its waving blade of green, The sea-flag streams throueh the silent water, And the crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush, like a banner batrTd... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1828 - 472 pages
...tides and hillows flow : The water is calm and still below. For the winds and waves are absent there j And the sands are bright as the stars that glow In...with a light and easy motion, The fan-coral sweeps throngh the clear, deep sea ; And the yellow and scarlet tufts of ocean Are bending like corn on the... | |
| Samuel Kettell - American poetry - 1829 - 432 pages
...tides and billows flow; The water is calm and still below, For the winds and waves are absent there, And the sands are bright as the stars that glow In...motion, The fan-coral sweeps through the clear deep sear And the yellow and scarlet tufts of ocean Are bending like corn on the upland lea: And life, in... | |
| William Howitt - Almanacs, English - 1831 - 596 pages
...tides and billows flow ; The water is calm and still below, For the winds and waves are absent there ; And the sands are bright as the stars that glow In the motionless fields of the upper air : There, with its waving blad> The sea-flag streams throi And the erimson leaf of the... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Readers - 1833 - 288 pages
...tides and billows flow; The water is calm and still below, For the winds and waves are absent there; And the sands are bright as the stars that glow In the motionless fields of the upper air : There, with its waving blade of green, • The sea-flag streams through the silent... | |
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