 | 1883 - 614 pages
...N. Valence, Alton, Hants, giving brief notes on ' Hymns Ancient and Modern.' THE NAUTILUS SHELL. ' This is the Ship of Pearl which poets feign Sails...venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purple wings, In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids... | |
 | John Swett, Charles H. Allen, Josiah Royce - Readers - 1883 - 366 pages
...15. THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. 1. This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadoAved main — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet...purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, 2. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl; Wrecked is the ship of pearl! And every chambered cell,... | |
 | Indians of North America - 1913 - 656 pages
...there for our entertainment, and we visit straightway those gulfs enchanted "where the siren songs and coral reefs lie bare — where the cold seamaids rise to sun their streaming hair." Elves and fairies, then, have a use, and seamaids and sirens are invaluable. In poetry there is indeed... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - History - 1883 - 382 pages
...the unshadowed main, — feign, On the sweet summer wind its purpled The venturous bark that flings And coral reefs lie bare, "Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. wings In g'ulfs enchanted, where the Siren sings, Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl; Wrecked... | |
 | William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - English poetry - 1883 - 394 pages
...within thy hand ! Ah, Psyche ! from the regions which Are holy land. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. 1809— THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. This is the Ship of Pearl which (poets feign) Sails the unshadow'd main, The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs... | |
 | John Swett - Elocution - 1884 - 412 pages
...pure tone, and orotund quality. To be marked by the class for emphasis, inflection, and pauses.] I. This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails...the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. 2. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl; Wrecked is the ship of pearl! And every chambered cell,... | |
 | Loomis Joseph Campbell - Elocution - 1884 - 442 pages
...air-tight chambers. This little poem meets all the requirements of the highest poetic standard. 1. THIS is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails...the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. 2. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl; Wrecked is the ship of pearl! And every chambered cell,... | |
 | Charles Henry Winston, Thomas Randolph Price, D. Lee Powell, John Meredith Strother, H. H. Harris, John P. McGuire, Rodes Massie, William Fayette Fox, Harry Fishburne Estill (F.), Richard Ratcliffe Farr, John Lee Buchanan, George R. Pace - Education - 1884 - 1242 pages
...prepare good questions upon the selection to be read. The class is prepared but the teacher is not. THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. This is the ship of pearl,...venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purple wings In gulfs enchanted, where the Siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids... | |
 | Joseph H. Head - American poetry - 1884 - 498 pages
...And though the full ripe ears be sadly few, Thou wilt aecept my sheaves. The Oliver W. Holmes. HIS is the ship of pearl which, poets feign, Sails the...venturous bark 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... | |
 | John Swett - Elocution - 1884 - 404 pages
...and orotund quality. To be marked by the class for emphasis, inflection, and pauses.] 1. /-A"--'-,' This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed mam, — ;, The venturous bark that flings/ On the sweet summer wind [its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted,... | |
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This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main; The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun... 
