 | 1885 - 180 pages
...PEARL NAUTILUS. * vital e/ » section of He Ck»mb*rtd N,iuti!ia at am Bridgnuater Trtatiut. THERE is a ship of pearl which poets feign Sails the unshadowed...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... | |
 | Philip Schaff, Arthur Gilman - 1885 - 1148 pages
...Spirit thy redeemed to cherish, Rebuke the destroyer: "Help, Lord, or we perish ! " REGINALD HEDEK. THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. THIS is the ship of pearl,...flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings Ingulfs enchanted, where the Siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Its webs of living gauze no more... | |
 | Leila G. Bedell - 1885 - 72 pages
...presence, exclaiming, " Oh, Mary, I have written something better than I can write /" And he read her his CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. " This is the ship of pearl which,...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... | |
 | 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...wings, In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, . And coral reefs lie bare; Where cold sea-maids rise, to sun their streaming hair. Its web of living... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | Jay Parini - 1995 - 788 pages
...blazes at her shrine, And charm the ear with numbers half divine. Oliver Wendell Holmes ( I 809- I 894) THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS This is the ship of pearl,...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... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1995 - 212 pages
...in a 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
...saints blow up the globe; 35 But when you see that blessed day, Then order your ascension robe! 1857 THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS This is the ship of pearl,...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...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... | |
 | Rachel R. Baum - 1999 - 188 pages
...and bone. You are a bird denied, the blood Of earth in flying attitude. -Theodore Roethke (1908-1963) The Chambered Nautilus This is the ship of pearl,...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... 
