 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
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pages
...sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls ; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore, With the sun, and the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 332 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 - 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 bcaaty on the shore With the sun and the sand... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1883 - 382 pages
...Greeted 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...the shore, With the sun and the sand and the wild The lover watched his graceful maid, As mid the virgin train she strayed, Nor knew her beauty's best... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God. to Thee, Nearer to Thee ! RALPH WALDO EMERSON. 1803-1882. I wiped away the 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... | |
 | Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - 1884 - 536 pages
...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 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,... | |
 | Manchester Literary Club - 1884 - 536 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 ; Hut the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore With the sun, and the... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1884 - 676 pages
...gathered shells Emerson writes : I wiped away the weeds and foam, And bronght my sea-born treasures home : But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their...the shore, With the sun, and the sand, and the wild uproa The promontory of Gibraltar is so burrowed with caverns that it has been called the Hill of Caves.... | |
 | Joseph H. Head - 1884 - 498 pages
...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 of the savage...Greeted their safe escape to me. I wiped away the we;'ds and foam — I fetched my sea-born treasures home ; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things,... | |
 | Leigh Hadley Irvine - 1886 - 56 pages
...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 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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