 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 to...  American Poems (1625-1892) - Page 381edited by - 1912 - 669 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 430 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 368 pages
...sail as before, And stand by the rudder that governs the bark, Nor ask how we look from the shore ! THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. THIS is the ship of pearl,...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 - 1862 - 326 pages
...before, And stand by the rudder that governs the bark, Nor ask how we look from the shore ! 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-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 328 pages
...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...Wrecked is the ship of pearl ! And every chambered cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell, As the frail tenant shaped his growing shell, Year after... | |
 | John George Wood - 1863 - 830 pages
...bark that flings On the sweet summer wind ita purpled wings, In gulfa enchanted, where the siren sings And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids...Wrecked is the 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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 pages
...that delicacy and vigor of diction for which he It celebrated. See in Index, SIREN, TRITON, HOLMES. 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-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. u. Its webs of... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 710 pages
...On the sweet summer wind its purple wings In gulfs enchanted, where the syren sings And coral reefa lie bare ; Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their...Wrecked is the ship of pearl-! And every chambered cell Where its dim-dreaming life was wont to dwell, As the frail tenant shaped his glowing cell, Before... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 712 pages
...barque that flings On the sweet summer wind its purple wings In gulfs enchanted, where the syren sings And coral reefs lie bare ; Where the cold sea-maids...gauze no more unfurl ; Wrecked is the ship of pearl 1 And every chambered cell Where its dim-dreaming life was wont to dwell, As the frail tenant shaped... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1870 - 242 pages
...that flings 1 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...Wrecked is the 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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 pages
...that delicacy and vigor of diction for which ha ii celebrated. See in Index, SIBEH, TRITON, HOLMES. 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. n. Its webs of... | |
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