 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 77by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls ing behind but the sky and the ocean. The ; Hut the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore, With the sun and the... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1880 - 474 pages
...good alone. * * * 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...their safe escape to me. I wiped away the weeds and foam,I fetched my sea-born treasures home ; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their... | |
 | 1880 - 670 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 sea Greeted their safe escape to me. This is visioned with a poet's insight and probed by the intuitiveness of a philosopher. " Mithridates."... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls return. What ardently I wish'd, I long believed, And...every day beguiled, Dupe of to-morrow even from a ch ; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore, With the sun and the... | |
 | Anna Callender Brackett - 1881 - 348 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...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,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1881 - 590 pages
...delicate shells lay on the shore I wiped away the weeds and foam, I fetched my sea-born treasure home ; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore With the sun and the saiid and the wild uproar.' EMEBSOB. [274] To judge fairly of a Roman Carnival, we must view it in... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1882 - 558 pages
...Each and All. 1. 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...the weeds and foam ; I fetched my sea-born treasures homo; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore, With the sun, and... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 338 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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 344 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... | |
 | Sidney Lanier - 1883 - 312 pages
...they sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; 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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