| Oliver Wendell Holmes - Satire, American - 1858 - 430 pages
...in this? THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. This is the ship of pearl, which, poeta feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet...streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl ; Wrecked is the ship of pearl I And every chambered cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 pages
...unshadowed main, — The venturous dark that flings On the sw«et summer wind its purpled wings In g,ll fs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs...lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streammg hair Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl ; Wrecked is the ship of pearl 1 And every chambered... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - Literary Criticism - 1862 - 326 pages
...shore ! THE CHAMBEEED NAUTILUS. THIS is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet...streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl ; Wrecked is the ship of pearl ! And every chambered cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lic bure, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl ; Wreek'd is the ship of pearl ! And every chamber'd cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to... | |
| John George Wood - Zoology - 1863 - 830 pages
...unshadowed main — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind ita purpled wings, In gulfa enchanted, where the siren sings And coral reefs lie...streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl ; Wrecked is the ship of pearl ! And every chambered cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to... | |
| Richard Meade Bache - Adventure stories - 1866 - 394 pages
...which poets feign Sails the unshadowed main The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer winds its purpled wings, In gulfs enchanted, where the siren...cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair." The Portuguese man-of-war sails in little fleets about the waters of the Beef, and we often passed... | |
| Richard Meade Bache - Adventure stories - 1865 - 408 pages
...Sails the unshadowed main The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer winds its purpled wmg» In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings And coral...cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair." The Portuguese man-of-war sails in little fleets about the waters of the Reef, and we often passed... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 pages
...Index, SIREN, TRITON, HOLMES. I. THIS is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main,— The venturous bark that flings On the sweet...the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. u. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl; Wrecked is the ship of pearl! And every chambered cell,... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - American essays - 1868 - 434 pages
...NAUTILUS. This is the ship of pearl, whk-h, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main,— The venturous l.ark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings...rise to sun their streaming hair Its webs of living gnuzo no more unfurl ; Wrecked is the ship of pearl I And every chambered cell, Where its dim dreaming... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 712 pages
...venturous barque that flings On the sweet summer wind its purple wings In gulfs enchanted, where the syren sings And coral reefs lie bare ; Where the cold sea-maids...streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl ; Wrecked is the ship of pearl 1 And every chambered cell Where its dim-dreaming life was wont to dwell,... | |
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