 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 pages
...growing shell, Before thee lies revealed, — Itg irised ceiling runt, its sunless crypt unsealed 1 Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, lie left the past year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built... | |
 | John George Wood - 1863 - 840 pages
...his growing shell, Before thee lies revealed — Its iriaed ceiling rent, iU sunless crypt unsealed ! Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, He left the pnnt year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1868 - 544 pages
...growing shell, Before thee lies revealed,— Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed! in. Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, lie left the past year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built... | |
 | William Jones (F. S.) - 1871 - 488 pages
...growing shell, Before thee lies reveal'd— Its iris'd ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unseal'd ! " Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...grew, He left the past year's dwelling for the new, Still with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretch'd in his last-found... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - 406 pages
...growing shell, Before thee lies revealed, — [ts irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed 1 Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...coil ; Still, as the spiral grew, He left the past j cur's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle door,... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1883 - 770 pages
...camerated coil of pearly Nautilus, contemporary of the ages past as well as of the living present : — " Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil ; Still as the spiral grew lie left his past year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archwny through, Built... | |
 | William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - 1884 - 392 pages
...his growing shell, Before thee lies reveal'd : Its iris'd ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unseal'd. Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...grew He left the past year's dwelling for the new, t Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretch'd in his last-found... | |
 | 1885 - 344 pages
...growing shell, Before thee lies revealed, — Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed ! Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...spiral grew, He left the past year's dwelling for the now, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last-found... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1894 - 782 pages
...Give the meaning of its sunless crypt unsealed. Is the expression literal or figurative? III. » Tear after year beheld the silent toil That spread his...spiral grew, He left the past year's dwelling for tbe new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his... | |
 | 1885 - 180 pages
...growing shell. Before thee lies revealed,— Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed ! Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...coil; Still, as the spiral grew, He left the past 5 r ear's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle... | |
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Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no more. 
