 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
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1889 - 524 pages
...chivalry, t For "Little Giffen," of Tennessee. Lin. THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.' 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 Siren3 sings,... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889 - 656 pages
...of neuralgy wasn't to be judged of by the rules that applied to other folks. THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. 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,... | |
 | Eleanor O'Grady - 1890 - 634 pages
...And come there shadow, or come there shine, The spider is spinning his thread so fine. John Brougham. THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. THIS is the ship of pearl...poets 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,... | |
 | 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 the unshadowed main; The venturous bark, that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings, In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings,... | |
 | 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 the unshadowed main,— The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the Siren sings,... | |
 | 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,...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,... | |
 | 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,...feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings 5 In gulfs enchanted, where the Siren sings,... | |
 | Adrienne Fried Block - 2000 - 448 pages
...shells to which is given the name Pearly Nautilus." He wrote, it has "a series of enlarging compartments successively dwelt in by the animal that inhabits...widening spiral. Can you find no lesson in this?" 28 Clearly, Holmes did. While the poem—considered by some to be Holmes's poetic masterpiece—recounts... | |
 | Adrienne Fried Block - 1998 - 448 pages
...shells to which is given the name Pearly Nautilus." He wrote, it has "a series of enlarging compartments successively dwelt in by the animal that inhabits...built in a widening spiral. Can you find no lesson in this?"28 Clearly, Holmes did. While the poem — considered by some to be Holmes 's poetic masterpiece... | |
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