DEEP in the wave is a coral grove, Where the purple mullet and gold-fish rove ; Where the sea-flower spreads its leaves of blue, That never are wet with falling dew, But in bright and changeful beauty shine, Far down in the green and glassy brine. The Island World of the Pacific Ocean - Page 67by Charles Marion Tyler - 1885 - 337 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Gates Percival - 1822 - 262 pages
...; It fled—to the damp, cold grave he flew, And he sleeps with the dead for ever. THE CORAL GROVE. DEEP in the wave is a Coral Grove, Where the purple mullet, and gold-fish rove. Where the sea-flower spreads its leaves of blue, That never are wet with falling dew,... | |
| John Mathew Gutch - 1822 - 584 pages
...consummate practical wisdom ?" jour country, looking at its compa- Believe me, &c. THE CORAL GROVE. DEEP in the wave is a coral grove, Where the purple mullet, and gold-fish rove, Where the sea-flower spreads its leaves of blue, That never are wet with falling dew,... | |
| James Gates Percival - Americana - 1823 - 418 pages
...leaf, as low And humble as thy stem, will surely know The joy that peace imparts. THE CORAL GROVE. DEEP in the wave is a coral grove, Where the purple mullet, and gold-fish rove, Where the sea-flower spreads its leaves of blue, That never are wet with falling dew,... | |
| John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine. LESSON LXXX1V. The Coral Grove. — JG PERCIVAL. DEEP in the wave is a Coral grove, Where the purple mullet and gold-fish rove, Where the sea-flower spreads its leaves of blue That never are wet with the falling... | |
| Joseph Tinker Buckingham - American literature - 1824 - 264 pages
...the oak surplanls the vine, 'Tis glad, and looketh cheerfully. XXI. THE CORAL GROVE. [From the same.] DEEP in the wave is a Coral Grove, Where the purple mullet, and gold-fish rove, Where the sea-flower spreads ils leaves of blue, That never are wet with falling dew.... | |
| Samuel Kettell - American poetry - 1829 - 432 pages
...Until the penitent should weep, and say, How injured, and how faithful I had been. THE CORAL GROVE. DEEP in the wave is a coral grove, Where the purple mullet, and gold-fish rove, Where the sea-flower spreads its leaves of blue, That never are wet with falling dew,... | |
| Lyre - English poetry - 1830 - 396 pages
...that soft chain of spoken flowers, And airy gems, thy words. 195 THE CORAL GROVE. BY JAMES PERCIVAL. DEEP in the wave is a coral grove, Where the purple mullet and gold-fish rove, Where the sea-flower spreads its leaves of blue, That never are wet with falling dew,... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...One of the few, the immortal names, That were not born to die. JAMES G. PERCIVAL. THE CORAL GROVE. DEEP in the wave is a coral grove, Where the purple mullet, and gold-fish rove, Where the sea-flower spreads its leaves of blue, That never are wet with falling dew,... | |
| Jerome Van Crowninshield Smith - Fishes - 1833 - 422 pages
...of the Cape, it is possible thay have broken up the settlements which otherwise might be formed. " Deep in the wave is a coral grove, Where the purple mullet and gold-fish rove." While contemplating the social character of certain families of the ocean, it has... | |
| American poetry - 1834 - 402 pages
...The gay, the busy, and the crowded mart To one cold, speechless city of the dead. THE CORAL GROVE. DEEP in the wave is a coral grove, Where the purple mullet, and gold-fish rove, Where the sea-flower spreads its leaves of blue, That never are wet with falling dew,... | |
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