 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...  Studies in Reading - Page 46by James William Searson, George Ellsworth Martin - 1911 - 280 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Swinton - English literature - 1882 - 686 pages
...of the wonderful one-hoss shay. Logic is logic. That's all I say. II.— THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. i. This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails...The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer win4 its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - American wit and humor - 1882 - 350 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,...which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturons bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1882 - 906 pages
...murmur tranquilly, Through the bending twigs of the coral grove. JAMES GATES PERCITAL. (f I] iimb m!> Nautilus. THIS is the ship of pearl, which, poets...feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous hark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purple wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings,... | |
 | E.H. Butler & Co - Readers - 1853 - 396 pages
...Vernier, The Guardian Angel, The Autocrat of the BreakfastTable, and Mechanism in Thought and Morals. .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,... | |
 | Robert Kidd - Elocution - 1857 - 494 pages
...forsakes, after a time, one compartment, makes a new one and dwells there, and so on till it dies. 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,... | |
 | William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - English poetry - 1883 - 396 pages
...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...streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl : Wreck'd is the Ship of Pearl ; And every chamber'd cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to... | |
 | Education - 1883 - 270 pages
...oaken spine, Athwart the ledges of rock, Here on the Breton strand. ALFRED TENNYSON. THE CHAMBEEED NAUTILUS. This is the ship of pearl, which, poets...Siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare. Where the cold sea-mai<J9 ri86 to Bun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl ; Wrecked is the... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - American essays - 1883 - 434 pages
...shell, which is built in a widening spiral. Can you find no lesson in this? THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS.i This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails...siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maiila rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl ; Wrecked is the... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1883 - 324 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,...wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the sirru sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Whore the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - American poetry - 1883 - 662 pages
...and wring my hands, For you are kind no more. RtCHAED HENEY STODDAED. THE CHAMBERED NAUT1LUS. /TVHIS is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, \. Sails...wings In gulfs enchanted, where the Siren sings, And coral-reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living... | |
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