 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...  Poems - Page 7by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2007 - 328 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...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...weeds and foam, I fetched my sea-born treasures home; 25 But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore With the sun and the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...ear, these 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...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 - 228 pages
...my ear ; they 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...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Christian garland - 1851 - 296 pages
...him in glory. 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...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
...ear, these 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...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 - 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...shore, With the sun and the sand and the wild uproar. " Charmed with Evangeline, we turn to " Frontenac," by AB Street.* With all our impressions of the... | |
 | 1853 - 560 pages
...my ear; they 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...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... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1854 - 480 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...shore With the sun and the sand and the wild uproar.' EMERSON. To judge fairly of a Eoman Carnival, we must view it in connection with the prevailing tastes,... | |
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