 But I have sinuous shells, of pearly hue Within, and they that lustre have imbibed In the sun's palace porch; where when unyoked His chariot wheel stands midway in the wave. Shake one, and it awakens, then apply Its polished lips to your attentive ear,...  The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine - Page 610edited by - 1892Full view - About this book
 | William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - Wensleydale (England) - 1854 - 380 pages
...imbibed In the sun's palace porch — where, when unyoked, His chariot wheel stands midway in the wave. Shake one, and it awakens — then apply Its polished...august abodes, And murmurs as the ocean murmurs there!' " The Doctor, vol. ipp 57 — 63. EE Old peasants pass thee with a staff — Old peasants with long... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - Shells - 1855 - 106 pages
...imbibed In the sun's palace porch, where, when unyoked, His chariot wheel stands midway in the wave; Shake one, and it awakens; then apply Its polished...august abodes, And murmurs as the ocean murmurs there." "Of pearly hue Many other uses of shells might be mentioned, to show that they perform an important... | |
 | Isaac Weston - 1855 - 392 pages
...inimitable description of a river nymph saying to a shepherd, I have sinuous shells of pearly hue ; Shiike one and it awakens ; then apply Its polished lips...attentive ear, And it remembers its august abodes, Jlnd murmurs, as the Ocean murmurs there." The possession of this faculty of discernment or discrimination... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - Education - 1855 - 382 pages
...His chariot wheel stands midway in the wave. Shake one, and it awakens ; then apply i Its polish'd lips to your attentive ear, And it remembers its august abodes, And murmurs as the ocean murmurs there.' I feel that the beauty of such conceptions lies in their. essential truth. The shepherds and fishermen... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1855 - 410 pages
...: — " But 'I have sinuous shells of pearly hue. Shake one and it awakens, then apply Its polisht lips to your attentive ear, And it remembers its august...abodes, And murmurs as the ocean murmurs there."] But here the herald of the self-same mouth Came breathing o'er the aromatic south, Not like a " bed... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - Education - 1855 - 392 pages
...unyoked His chariot wheel stands midway in the wave. Shake one, and it awakens ; then apply Its polish'd lips to your attentive ear, And it remembers its august abodes, And murmurs as the ocean murmurs there.' I feel that the beauty of such conceptions lies in their essential truth. The shepherds and fishermen... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - Animals, Mythical - 1855 - 508 pages
...His chariot wheel stands midway in the wave. Shake one and it awakens ; then apply Its polished lip to your attentive ear, And it remembers its august abodes, And murmurs as the ocean murmurs there." Gebir, Book I. Midas. CHAPTER VI. MIDAS — BAUCIS AND PHILEMON. BACCHUS, on a certain occasion, found... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - Dreams - 1856 - 300 pages
...imbibed In the sun's palace porch ; where, when unyoked, His chariot wheel stands midway in the wave, Shake one, and it awakens ; then apply Its polished...august abodes, And murmurs as the ocean murmurs there. LAND OB. CONCHA VENERIS. Where erst the sea-waves' gentle swell In murmurs met my ear, The sorrows... | |
 | George Gilfillan - Authors, English - 1856 - 344 pages
...deep slumber, to speak with miraculous organ, like the shell which has only to be lifted, and "pleased it remembers its august abodes, and murmurs as the ocean murmurs there" — their power of drawing tears, kindling blushes, awakening laughter, calming or quickening the motions... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - Amusements - 1857 - 632 pages
...application of those trumpets, or tin speaking-pipes, which are now commonly used "Apply The polish'd lips to your attentive ear, And it remembers its august...abodes, And murmurs, as the ocean murmurs there." for conveying intelligence from oue part of a house to another. The trumpet used by deaf persona acts... | |
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