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... Selected Poems - Pagina 314di Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1894Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
| Henry Lee - 1883 - 140 pagine
...conscious,) were it not that the latter is made so attractive that truth appears harsh in disturbing it. "THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS." " This is the ship of pearl,...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... | |
| 1883 - 718 pagine
...conscious,) were it not that the latter is made so attractive that truth appears harsh in disturbing it. "THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS." " This is the ship of pearl,...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... | |
| 1883 - 270 pagine
...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...purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the Siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare. Where the cold sea-mai<J9 ri86 to Bun their streaming hair. Its webs of living... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1883 - 324 pagine
...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... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1883 - 396 pagine
...ONE EVERMORE : POEMS FROM THE A UTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE. 1857-1858. Ube Cbambere& mautilus. THIS is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails...purpled 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... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1883 - 434 pagine
...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...purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maiila rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living... | |
| E.H. Butler & Co - 1853 - 396 pagine
...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...purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the Siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. 2. Its webs of... | |
| Robert Kidd - 1857 - 494 pagine
...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...purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. 2. Its webs of... | |
| Anna Lydia Ward - 1883 - 662 pagine
...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...purpled 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... | |
| 1883 - 614 pagine
...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... | |
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