 Here we drift, like white sail across the wild ocean, now bright on the wave, now darkling in the trough of the sea ; but from what port did we sail ? Who knows ? Or to what port are we bound ? Who knows ? There is no one to tell us but such poor weather-tossed...  Essays--scientific, Political and Speculative - Page 248by Herbert Spencer - 1858 - 435 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, George Ripley - 1843 - 564 pages
...trough of the sea ; — but from what port did we sail ? Who knows ? Or to what port are we bound ? Who knows ? There is no one to tell us but such poor...signal, or floated to us some letter in a bottle from far. But what know they more than we? They also found themselves on this wondrous sea. No ; from the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, George Ripley - 1843 - 560 pages
...trough of the sea ; — but from what port did we sail ? Who knows ? Or to what port are we bound ? Who knows ? There is no one to tell us but such poor...signal, or floated to us some letter in a bottle from far. But what know they more than we ? They also found themselves on this wondrous sea. No ; from the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 414 pages
...trough of the sea ; — but from what port did we sail ? Who knows ? Or to what port are we bound ? Who knows ? There is no one to tell us but such poor...signal, or floated to us some letter in a bottle from far. But what know they more than we ? They also found themselves on this wondrous sea. No ; from the... | |
 | 1853 - 614 pages
...the trough of the sea ; but from what port did we sail ? Who knows I Or to what port are we bound ? Who knows ? There is no one to tell us but such poor...who have hoisted some signal, or floated to us some Iclter in a bottle from afar. Hut what know they more than we ? They also found themselves on this... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1855 - 498 pages
...the trough of the sea : but from what port did we sail ? who knows ? or to what port are we bound ? who knows ? There is no one to tell us but such poor...mariners as ourselves, whom we speak as we pass, or who nave hoisted some signal, or floated to us some letter in a bottle from afar. But what know they more... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 402 pages
...trough of the sea ; — but from what port did we sail ? Who knows ? Or to what port are we bound ? Who knows ? There is no one to tell us but such poor...signal, or floated to us some letter in a bottle from far. But what know they more than we? They also found themselves on this wondrous sea. No; from the... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1858 - 460 pages
...in the trough of the sea ; but from what port did we sail? Who knows? Or to what port are we bound? Who knows ? There is no one to tell us but such poor...weather-tossed mariners as ourselves, whom we speak as we pass, orwho have hoisted some signal, or floated to us some letter in a bottle from afar. But what know they... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1859 - 512 pages
...in the trough of the sea: but from what port did wo sail ? who knows ? or to what port are we bound? who knows ? There is no one to tell us but such poor weather-tossed mariners as ourselves, whom we Bpcak as we pass, or wholmve hoisted some signal, or floated to us some letter in a bottle from afar.... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1859 - 512 pages
...the trough of the sea : but from what port did we sail ? who knows ? or to what port are we bound? who knows ? There is no one to tell us but such poor weather-tossed mariners аз ourselves, whom we speak аз we pass, or who have hoisted some signal, or floated to us some... | |
 | Sarah Helen Whitman - 1860 - 96 pages
...trough of the sea; — but from what port did we sail ? Who knows ? Or to what port are we bound ? Who knows ? There is no one to tell us but such poor...speak as we pass, or who have hoisted some signal from afar, or floated to us some letter in a bottle. But what know they more » than we ? " In another... | |
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