 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
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Satire, American - 1858 - 430 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...CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. This is the ship of pearl, which, poeta feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 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... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Literature, Modern - 1862 - 368 pages
...sail as before, And stand by the rudder that governs the bark, Nor ask how we look from the shore ! 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,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Literary Criticism - 1862 - 326 pages
...before, And stand by the rudder that governs the bark, Nor ask how we look from the shore ! THE CHAMBEEED 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,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...with sleepless eye, I waich'd that wretched man, And since, I never dare to write As funny as 1 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 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... | |
 | John George Wood - Zoology - 1863 - 830 pages
...cannot resist the opportunity of inserting the exquisite little poem by Dr. Holmes, on a broken shell of the Chambered Nautilus : — " This is the ship of...feign Sails the unshadowed main — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind ita purpled wings, In gulfa enchanted, where the siren sings... | |
 | John George Wood - Natural history - 1863 - 840 pages
...the exquisite little poem by Dr. Holmes, on a broken shell of the Chambered Nautilus : — "This in the ship of pearl, which poets feign Sails the unshadowed main — The venturous bark that !l;n;>: ; On the sweet Bummer wind its purpled wings, In gulfs enchanted, where the siren... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 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 - Adventure stories - 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 unshadowed main The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer winds its purpled wings, In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings... | |
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