 ... CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. 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...  American Literature ; an Historical Sketch, 1620-1880 - Stran 254avtor: John Nichol - 1882 - 472 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Henry Marlin Soper - 1880 - 152 strani
...the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living 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... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 624 strani
...growing shell, Before thee lies revealed, — Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed ! 1 Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil ; 2 Still, as the spiral grew, He left the past year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its... | |
 | 1886 - 524 strani
...the Siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl ; Wrecked...Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed I Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil ; Still, as the spiral grew,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 strani
...siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. 2. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl; Wrecked is...life was wont to dwell, As the frail tenant shaped its growing shell, 3. Year after year beheld the silent toil is That spread his lustrous coil; Still,... | |
 | Oliver Ernesto Branch - 1886 - 338 strani
...siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare ; Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl; Wrecked is...ship of pearl! And every chambered cell Where its dim-dreaming life was wont to dwell, As the frail tenant shaped his growing shell, Before thee lies... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1886 - 746 strani
...the Siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl ; Wrecked is the ship of pearl ! And every chambered cell, Wherein its dreaming life was wont to dwell. As the frail tenant shaped his growing shell, Before thee... | |
 | Sarah Knowles Bolton - 1887 - 514 strani
...Siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. " Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl, Wrecked is...Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed! " Tear after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil ; Still, as the spiral grew,... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1887 - 332 strani
...is meant by sea-maids? What are coral-reefs? Explain their formation. IL Its webs of living g.iuze no more unfurl,— Wrecked is the ship of pearl! And...Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed! 8. Is living gauze literal or figurative ? To what does it refer ? Change the expression to a simile.... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1887 - 410 strani
...the Siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl ; Wrecked...wont to dwell, As the frail tenant shaped his growing Before thee lies revealed, — Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed ! Year after year... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - 1887 - 302 strani
...Siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their stream ing hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl Wrecked is...cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell, \s the frail tenant shaped his growing shell, Before thee lies revealed, — Its irised ceiling rent,... | |
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