 Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, He left the past year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last-found home,...  Essays - Page 259by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 324 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 pages
...shaped his growing Before thee lies revealed, — Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed ! Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...in his last-found home, and knew the old no more. Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sen, Cast from her lap, forlorn... | |
 | 1876 - 508 pages
...his growing shell, Before thee lies revealed — Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed. Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...in his last-found home, and knew the old no more. Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap, forlorn... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...growing shell, Before thee lies revealed, — Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed ! Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...in his last-found home, and knew the old no more. Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her hip, forlorn... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - 1876 - 302 pages
...of a period, but frequently within its duration. After the exterminations of the last .period. * " Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...through. Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last found home, and knew the old no more. 1 Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child... | |
 | 1876 - 216 pages
...growing shell, Before thee lies revealed — Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed. Tear after year beheld the silent toil That spread his...past year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft steps its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last found home, and knew... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...growing shell, Before thee lies revealed, — Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed ! Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...in his last-found home, and knew the old no more. Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap, forlorn... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - 1877 - 300 pages
...something like the Cuttle fish of to-day (see Zoology, p. 243), having arms arranged around the head. % " Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...in his last-found home, and knew the old no more. f5 •' " Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1877 - 618 pages
...are behind and reaching forth onto those things which are before." — PAUL to the 1'ji ILIITI ASd. " Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...in his last-found home, and knew the old no more. Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap, forlorn... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - 1877 - 300 pages
...something like the Cuttle flsh of to-day (see Zoology, p. 243), having arms arranged around the head. t " Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...in his last-found home, and knew the old no more. " Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap forlorn.... | |
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