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 Oxford Book of American Verse - Page 146edited by - 1927 - 680 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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...gauze no more unfurl ; Wrecked is the ship of pearl I And every chambered cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell, As the frail tenant shaped... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 pages
...unshadowed main, — The venturous dark that flings On the sw«et summer wind its purpled wings In g,ll fs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs...lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streammg hair Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl ; Wrecked is the ship of pearl 1 And every chambered... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...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...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... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...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...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... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...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...enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lic bure, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more... | |
| John George Wood - Zoology - 1863 - 830 pages
...inserting the exquisite little poem by Dr. Holmes, on a broken shell of the Chambered Nautilus : — " This is the ship of pearl, which poets feign Sails the...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... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1865 - 798 pages
...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...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... | |
| Richard Meade Bache - Adventure stories - 1866 - 394 pages
...animals. The pearly-nautilus is the one of which Dr. Holmes wrote the beautiful verses, commencing, " This is the ship of pearl which poets feign Sails the unshadowed...The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer winds its purpled wings, In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings And coral reefs lie bare, Where... | |
| Richard Meade Bache - Adventure stories - 1865 - 408 pages
...animals. The pearly-nautilus is the one of which Dr. Holmes wrote the beautiful verses, commencing, M This is the ship of pearl which poets feign Sails the unshadowed...The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer winds its purpled wmg» In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings And coral reefs lie bare, Where the... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 pages
...delicacy and vigor of diction for which he It celebrated. See in Index, SIREN, TRITON, HOLMES. I. THIS is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the...the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. u. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl; Wrecked is the ship of pearl! And every chambered cell,... | |
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