 Fresh pearls to their enamel gave, And the bellowing of the savage sea Greeted their safe escape to me. I wiped away the weeds and foam, I fetched my sea-born treasures home; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore j...  The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Poems - Page 5by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1918Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky ; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore; The bubbles of the latest wave 20 Fresh pearl to their enamel gave, And the bellowing of the savage sea Greeted their safe escape... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky, Ho sane to my ear, these sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore — The bubbles...safe escape to me. I wiped away the weeds and foam, I feteh'd my sea-born treasures home, But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 238 pages
...pleases not now ; For I did not bring home the river and sky ; He sang to my ear ; they sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles...safe escape to me : I wiped away the weeds and foam, And fetched my sea-born treasures home ; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty... | |
 | Christian garland - 1851 - 296 pages
...mingled with the prayer that when he shall appear, I also may appear with him in glory. JK SEA SHELLS. " The delicate shells lay on the shore, The bubbles...safe escape to me ; I wiped away the weeds and foam, And fetch'd my sea-born treasures home." NEVER are shells so beautiful as on the sands on which the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
...pleases not now, for I did not bring home the river and sky, He san? to my ear, these sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore — The bubbles...safe escape to me. I wiped away the weeds and foam, ' fetch'd my sea-born treasures home, But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty... | |
 | 1853 - 560 pages
...pleases not now ; For I did not bring home the river and sky ; He sang to my ear; they sang to my eye'. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles...safe escape to me ; I wiped away the weeds and foam, EACH AND ALL. And fetched my sea-born treasures home ; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had... | |
 | 1853 - 688 pages
...flower torn from its stem and its associations, would be inadequate to convey an idea of its beauty. "The delicate shells lay on the shore; The bubbles...the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave; I wiped away the weeds and foam, I fetched my sea-born treasures home; But the poor, unsightly noisome... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 pages
...pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky, He sane to my ear, these sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore — The bubbles...the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave, Л nd the bellowing of the savage sea Greeted their safe escape to me. 1 wiped away the weeds and foam,... | |
 | 1863 - 774 pages
...pleases not now, For I could not bring home the river and sky;Hc sang to my car, — they sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles...gave ; And the bellowing of the savage sea Greeted Iheir safe escape to me. I wiped away the weeds and foam, I fetched my seaborn treasures home; But... | |
 | 1865 - 564 pages
...home the river and sky : He sang to my ear — they sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on'? i shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave, And the bellowing of the sarage sea Greeted their safe escape to me. I wiped away the weeds and foam — I fetched my sea-born... | |
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