 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 pages
...with sleepless eye, I watch'd that wretched man, And since, I never dare to write As funny as I can. THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadow'd main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs... | |
 | Richard Meade Bache - 1865 - 408 pages
...animals. The pearly-nautilus is the one of which Dr. Holmes wrote the beautiful verses, commencing, M This is the ship of pearl which poets feign Sails...The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer winds its purpled wmg» In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings And coral reefs lie bare, Where the... | |
 | Richard Meade Bache - 1866 - 394 pages
...animals. The pearly-nautilus is the one of which Dr. Holmes wrote the beautiful verses, commencing, " This is the ship of pearl which poets feign Sails...The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer winds its purpled wings, In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings And coral reefs lie bare, Where... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 pages
...that delicacy and vigor of diction for which he It celebrated. See in Index, SIREN, TRITON, HOLMES. I. THIS is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails...purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. u. Its webs of... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1868 - 434 pages
...NAUTILUS. This is the ship of pearl, whk-h, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main,— The venturous l.ark 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 their streaming hair Its webs of living... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 pages
...that delicacy and vigor of diction for which ha ii celebrated. See in Index, SIBEH, TRITON, HOLMES. THIS is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails...purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. n. Its webs of... | |
 | Alexander Winchell - 1870 - 720 pages
...supposing it was this species of nautilus to which the Aristotelian fable of the fairy sailor applied. " This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails...venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purple wings, In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids... | |
 | Alexander Winchell - 1870 - 466 pages
...supposing it was this species of nautilus to which the Aristotelian fable of the fairy sailor applied. " This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails...unshadowed main — The venturous bark that flings Fig. 51. Fragment of Straight- chambered Shell (Baculite8f ovatus) of Mesozoic Time, belonging to the... | |
 | Alexander Winchell - 1870 - 486 pages
...supposing it was this species of nautilus to which the Aristotelian fable of the fairy sailor applied. " This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails...unshadowed main — The venturous bark that flings Fig. 51. Fragment of Straight- chambered Shell (BaeuliteR orafrw) of Mesozoic Time, belonging to the... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1870 - 242 pages
...ship of pearl, which, poets feign, f Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings 1 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 their streaming hair. Its webs of living... | |
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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... 
