 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
 | Charles B. Scott - 1900 - 658 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... | |
 | Manchester Literary Club - 1900 - 598 pages
...following extract from Emerson : "The delicate shells lay on the shore; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearl to their enamel gave, And the bellowing...safe escape to me. I wiped away the weeds and foam, And brought my sea-born treasures home, But the poor unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty... | |
 | Frank Townsend Southwick - 1900 - 476 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...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... | |
 | Harry Pratt Judson, Ida Catherine Bender, Ida C. Bender - 1900 - 530 pages
...bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave, And the bellowing of the savage sea 5 Greeted their safe escape to me. I wiped away the...and foam — I fetched my sea-born treasures home ; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore, 10 With the sun and the... | |
 | Jay Parini - 1995 - 788 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... | |
 | Various - 1996 - 496 pages
...sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore; 20 The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave; And the bellowing of the savage...safe escape to me. I wiped away the weeds and foam, 25 I fetched my sea-born treasures home; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty... | |
 | Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, Thomas Travisano - 2003 - 770 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 I hid left their beauty on the shore, With the sun, and the... | |
 | Robert E. Belknap - 2004 - 284 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 sand and... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2004 - 396 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... | |
 | Jinx Schwartz - 2004 - 334 pages
...support to do everything he could to avert another disaster so close to home. It would not be easy. our I wiped away the weeds and foam I fetched my sea-born treasures home... — Emerson ota Buena to Log of HiJenks, Nov. 8, 8:00 am Pnnta Caracal Wind: 0-zip-nada! Sky: C leaiBarometer:... | |
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