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... The Educational Journal of Virginia - Page 346edited by - 1884Full view - About this book
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 pages
...animal that inhabits the shell, which is built in a widening spiral. Can you find no lesson in this? THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. This is the ship of pearl,...feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous dark that flings On the sw«et summer wind its purpled wings In g,ll fs enchanted, where the siren... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - Satire, American - 1858 - 430 pages
...spiral. Can you find no lesson 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 summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...with sleepless eye, I watch'd that wretched man, And since, I never dare to write As funny as I can. 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... | |
| Caroline Snowden Guild - Hymns - 1860 - 366 pages
...barque that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the syren fings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their ftreaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl ; Wrecked is the {hip of pearl ! And every... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - Literature, Modern - 1862 - 368 pages
...sail as before, And stand by the rudder that governs the bark, Nor ask how we look from the shore ! THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. THIS is the ship of pearl,...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... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - Literary Criticism - 1862 - 326 pages
...before, And stand by the rudder that governs the bark, Nor ask how we look from the shore ! THE CHAMBEEED NAUTILUS. THIS is the ship of pearl, which, poets...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... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...with sleepless eye, I watch'd that wretched man, And since, I never dare to write As funny as I can. 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... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...with sleepless eye, I waich'd that wretched man, And since, I never dare to write As funny as 1 can. 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 George Wood - Zoology - 1863 - 830 pages
...cannot resist the opportunity of inserting the exquisite little poem by Dr. Holmes, on a broken shell of the Chambered Nautilus : — " This is the ship of...venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind ita purpled wings, In gulfa enchanted, where the siren sings And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold... | |
| John George Wood - Natural history - 1863 - 840 pages
...the exquisite little poem by Dr. Holmes, on a broken shell of the Chambered Nautilus : — "This in the ship of pearl, which poets feign Sails the unshadowed main — The venturous bark that !l;n;>: ; On the sweet Bummer wind its purpled wings, In gulfs enchanted, where the siren singa And... | |
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