Fresh pearls to their enamel gave, And the bellowing of the savage sea Greeted their safe escape to me. I wiped away the weeds and foam, I fetched my sea-born treasures home; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore With... The Continental Monthly - Page 1711863Full view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...latest wave 20 Fresh pearl to their enamel gave, And the bellowing of the savage sea Greeted their safe escape to me. I wiped away the weeds and foam, I fetched my sea-born treasures home; 25 But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore With the sun and the... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave, And the bellowing of the savage sea Greeted their safe escape to me. I wiped away the weeds and foam, I feteh'd my sea-born treasures home, But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on... | |
| Henry Clapp - American literature - 1846 - 228 pages
...bellowing of the savage sea Greeted their safe escape to me : I wiped away the weeds and foam, And fetched my sea-born treasures home; But the poor,...shore With the sun, and the sand, and the wild uproar! Then I said, " I covet Truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat,— I leave it behind with the games... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 pages
...the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave; And the bellowing of the savage sea Greeted their safe escape to me. I wiped away the weeds and foam,...shore, With the sun, and the sand, and the wild uproar. The lover watched his graceful maid, As 'mid the virgin train she strayed, Nor knew her beauty's best... | |
| Liberalism (Religion) - 1850 - 608 pages
...up and brought them home; but he could not bring with him the scene of which they were a part. " And the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore, With the sun and the wind and the wild uproar." So, when a speech is printed, you cannot print with it the speaker's looks... | |
| Theology - 1850 - 550 pages
...up and brought them home; but he could not bring with him the scene of which they were a part. " And the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore, With the HIM and the wind and the wild uproar." So, when a, speech is printed, you cannot print with it the... | |
| 1853 - 688 pages
...delicate shells lay on the shore; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave; I wiped away the weeds and foam, I fetched my sea-born...shore, With the sun and the sand and the wild uproar. " Charmed with Evangeline, we turn to " Frontenac," by AB Street.* With all our impressions of the... | |
| Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...the savage sea Greeted their safe escape to me ; I wiped away the weeds and foam, EACH AND ALL. And fetched my sea-born treasures home ; But the poor,...shore With the sun, and the sand, and the wild uproar. The lover watched his graceful maid As 'mid the virgin train she strayed, Nor knew her beauty's best... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Italy - 1854 - 480 pages
...part, while all feel and share its electric influence. ' The delicate shells lay on the shore ******* I wiped away the weeds and foam, I fetched my sea-born...shore With the sun and the sand and the wild uproar.' EMERSON. To judge fairly of a Eoman Carnival, we must view it in connection with the prevailing tastes,... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Italy - 1854 - 484 pages
...part, while all feel and share its electric influence. ' The delicate shells lay on the shore ******* I wiped away the weeds and foam, I fetched my sea-born...shore With the sun and the sand and the wild uproar.' EMEKSON. To judge fairly of a Roman Carnival, we must view it in connection with the prevailing tastes,... | |
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