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" The delicate shells lay on the shore; The bubbles of the latest wave 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... "
Select Essays and Poems - Page 77
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 120 pages
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The Poets and Poetry of America: With an Historical Introduction

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore — The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave, And the bellowing of the savage...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...
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The Pioneer: Or, Leaves from an Editor's Portfolio

Henry Clapp - 1846 - 238 pages
...sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave ; And the bellowing of the savage...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...
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Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 pages
...sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave; And the bellowing of the savage...weeds and foam, I fetched my sea-born treasures home; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore, With the sun, and the sand,...
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The Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany, Volume 49

1850 - 608 pages
...up and brought them home; but he could not bring with him the scene of which they were a part. " And the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore, With the sun and the wind and the wild uproar." So, when a speech is printed, you cannot print with it the speaker's looks...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 14; Volume 49

1850 - 550 pages
...up and brought them home; but he could not bring with him the scene of which they were a part. " And the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore, With the HIM and the wind and the wild uproar." So, when a, speech is printed, you cannot print with it the...
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The Christian garland; or, A companion for leisure hours

Christian garland - 1851 - 296 pages
...JK SEA SHELLS. " The delicate shells lay on the shore, The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave ; And the bellowing of the savage...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...
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The Poets and Poetry of America: To the Middle of the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
...sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore — The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave, And the bellowing of the savage...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...
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Poets of England and America: Being Selections from the Best Authors of Both ...

1853 - 560 pages
...sang to my eye'. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave ; And the bellowing of the savage...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...
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The Metropolitan: A Monthly Magazine, Devoted to Religion ..., Volume 1

1853 - 688 pages
...delicate shells lay on the shore; The bubbles of 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 things Had left their beauty on the shore, With the sun and the sand...
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Six Months in Italy, Volume 2

George Stillman Hillard - 1854 - 484 pages
...part, while all feel and share its electric influence. ' The delicate shells lay on the shore ******* 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 With the sun and the sand...
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