THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS.* 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 Autocrat of the breakfast table - Page 104by Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 373 pagesFull view - About this book
| William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - 1883 - 394 pages
...within thy hand ! Ah, Psyche ! from the regions which Are holy land. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. 1809— 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... | |
| Charles Henry Winston, Thomas Randolph Price, D. Lee Powell, John Meredith Strother, H. H. Harris, John P. McGuire, Rodes Massie, William Fayette Fox, Harry Fishburne Estill (F.), Richard Ratcliffe Farr, John Lee Buchanan, George R. Pace - 1884 - 1242 pages
...prepare good questions upon the selection to be read. The class is prepared but the teacher is not. THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. This is the ship of pearl,...feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purple wings In gulfs enchanted, where the Siren sings,... | |
| Loomis Joseph Campbell - 1884 - 442 pages
...air-tight chambers. This little poem meets all the requirements of the highest poetic standard. 1. 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,... | |
| John Swett - 1884 - 412 pages
...pure tone, and orotund quality. To be marked by the class for emphasis, inflection, and pauses.] I. 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,... | |
| Joseph H. Head - 1884 - 498 pages
...And though the full ripe ears be sadly few, Thou wilt aecept my sheaves. The Oliver W. Holmes. HIS is the ship of pearl which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purple wings In gulfs enchanted, where the syren sings,... | |
| John Swett - 1884 - 404 pages
...and orotund quality. To be marked by the class for emphasis, inflection, and pauses.] 1. /-A"--'-,' This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed mam, — ;, The venturous bark that flings/ On the sweet summer wind [its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted,... | |
| William Swinton - 1885 - 624 pages
...one of these shells, and a section of it. The last will show you the series of enlarging compartments successively dwelt in by the animal that inhabits...widening spiral. Can you find no lesson in this?"] THIS is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign,1 Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that... | |
| William Swinton - 1885 - 620 pages
...one of these shells, and a section of it. The last will show you the series of enlarging compartments successively dwelt in by the animal that inhabits...shell, which is built in a widening spiral. Can you rind no lesson in this? "] THIS is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign,1 Sails the unshadowed main,... | |
| 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,...feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purple wings In gulfs enchanted, where the Siren sings,... | |
| Henry Marlin Soper - 1880 - 152 pages
...my life, I 've not the proper spirit of a wife I THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. BY OLIVER W. HOLMES. ITils is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled winga In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings,... | |
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