 This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise...  Practical Lessons in English Grammar and Composition - Page 330by Henry Pendexter Emerson, Ida Catherine Bender - 1911 - 376 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Abraham Firth - 1886 - 394 pages
...spine, Athwart the ledges of rock, Here on the Breton strand. ALFRED TENNYSON. THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails...enchanted, where the Siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl ; Wrecked is the ship of pearl ! And every chambered cell,... | |
 | 1886 - 524 pages
...beautiful poems : THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails tho unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings...Siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl ; Wrecked is the... | |
 | Oliver Ernesto Branch - 1886 - 338 pages
...in the memory of men. THOMAS CARLYLE. THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. (By permission of Houghton & Mifflin.) THIS is the ship of pearl which, poets feign, Sails...venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purple wings In gTilfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare ; Where the cold... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1861 - 460 pages
..."Atlantic Monthly." Let the reader take in his hand a pearly Nautilus cut through the middle, and say — This is the Ship of Pearl, which, poets feign. Sails...the siren sings, . And coral reefs lie bare; Where cold sea-maids rise, to sun their streaming hair. Its web of living gauze no more unfurl ; Wrecked... | |
 | Lillian Watson - 1988 - 356 pages
...and the soul of man, building ever more stately mansions. . . . He was carried by his own fantasy. This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails...Siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl; Wrecked is the... | |
 | Jay Parini - 1995 - 788 pages
...charm the ear with numbers half divine. Oliver Wendell Holmes ( I 809- I 894) THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails...Siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl; Wrecked is the... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1995 - 212 pages
...widening spiraL Can you find no lesson in this? 94 Famous Poems from Bygone Days The Chamhered Nautilus This is the ship of pearl which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous hark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the Siren sings,... | |
 | Various - 1996 - 496 pages
...globe; 35 But when you see that blessed day, Then order your ascension robe! 1857 THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails...flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings 5 In gulfs enchanted, where the Siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise... | |
 | Mary Oliver - 1998 - 212 pages
...aught that was bright in my story, 1 knew it was love, and I felt it was glory. Oliver Wendell Holmes This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails...Siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl; Wrecked is the... | |
 | Rachel R. Baum - 1999 - 188 pages
...denied, the blood Of earth in flying attitude. -Theodore Roethke (1908-1963) The Chambered Nautilus This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails...Siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl! Wrecked is the... | |
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