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" 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 to sun... "
The Illustrated Natural History: Reptiles, fishes, molluscs, etc - Page 366
by John George Wood - 1863
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The Autocrat of the Breakfast-table

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 430 pages
...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...gauze no more unfurl ; Wrecked is the ship of pearl I And every chambered cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell, As the frail tenant shaped...
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The Autocrat of the breakfast table

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 pages
...unshadowed main, — The venturous dark that flings On the sw«et summer wind its purpled wings In g,ll fs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs...lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streammg hair Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl ; Wrecked is the ship of pearl 1 And every chambered...
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A Compendium of American Literature: Chronologically Arranged, with ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 pages
...unshadow'd main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs...streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl ; Wreck'd is the ship of pearl ! And every chamber'd cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to...
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Hymns of the Ages, Second Series: Being Selections from Wither, Crashaw ...

Caroline Snowden Guild - 1860 - 366 pages
...barque that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the syren fings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their ftreaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl ; Wrecked is the {hip of pearl ! And every...
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Songs in Many Keys

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 346 pages
...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...dwell, As the frail tenant shaped his growing shell, Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil ; Still, as the spiral grew, He...
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A compendium of American literature, arranged by C.D. Cleveland. Stereotyped ed

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...unshadow'd main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs...streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl ; Wreck'd is the ship of pearl ! And every chamber'd cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 pages
...summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lic bure, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl ; Wreek'd is the ship of pearl ! And every chamber'd cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to...
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A Compendium of American Literature, Chronologically Arranged: With ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 pages
...unshadow'd main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs...streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl ; Wreck'd is the ship of pearl ! And every chamber'd cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to...
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The Young Wrecker of the Florida Reef: Or, The Trials and Adventures of Fred ...

Richard Meade Bache - 1866 - 394 pages
...unshadowed main The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer winds its purpled wings, In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings And coral reefs lie...cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair." The Portuguese man-of-war sails in little fleets about the waters of the Beef, and we often passed...
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The Young Wrecker of the Florida Reef, Or, The Trials and Adventures of Fred ...

Richard Meade Bache - 1865 - 408 pages
...unshadowed main The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer winds its purpled wmg» In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings And coral reefs lie...cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair." The Portuguese man-of-war sails in little fleets about the waters of the Reef, and we often passed...
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