 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...  Famous American Authors - Page 148by Sarah Knowles Bolton - 1887 - 398 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 pages
...night of all the year, Still is telling of her spinning By the sea ! THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. V —'HIS is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the...flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulls enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to... | |
 | Richard Meade Bache - 1869 - 400 pages
...bark that flings On the sweet summer winds its purpled wmg-i In gulfs enchanted, where the siren singa And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their f '.reaming hair." The Portuguese man-of-war sails in little fleets about the waters of the Reef, and... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, Thomas Travisano - 2003 - 770 pages
...whenever the public service may require.' — New York Journal of Commerce." The Chambered Nautilus This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails...purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the Siren sings, Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl; Wrecked is the ship of pearl! And every chambered cell, Where... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 2005 - 341 pages
...the shell, which ibuilt in a widening spiral, Caa you find no lesson it this! THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS, This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails...enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs He bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming Jaw. Its webs of living gauze no more... | |
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