 The delicate shells lay on the shore; The bubbles of 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 fetched my sea-born treasures home; But the...  Select Essays and Poems - Page 77by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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 treasures home ; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore With the sun and the sand... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1855 - 690 pages
...shells lay on the shore — The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave, Л nd the bellowing of the savage sea Greeted their safe escape to me. 1 wiped away the weeds and foam, I fetch'd ray sea-born treasures home, But the poor, unsightly, noisome... | |
 | American periodicals - 1863 - 774 pages
...sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave ; And the bellowing of the savage sea Greeted Iheir safe escape to me. I wiped away the weeds and foam, I fetched my seaborn treasures home; But... | |
 | American poetry - 1864 - 428 pages
...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...the shore, With the sun, and the sand, and the wild uprow The lover watched his graceful maid, Ai mid the virgin train she strayed ; Nor knew her beauty's... | |
 | American poetry - 1865 - 564 pages
...; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave, And the bellowing of the sarage sea Greeted their safe escape to me. I wiped away...and foam — I fetched my sea-born treasures home ; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore, With the sun, and the... | |
 | R. C. J. - English poetry - 1866 - 304 pages
...sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave ; And the bellowing of the savage...safe escape to me. I wiped away the weeds and foam, And fetched my sea-born treasures home ; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - American poetry - 1866 - 412 pages
...* ••'.-• * The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave, And the bellowing of the savage...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... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1862 - 610 pages
...sang to my eye. II. The delicate shells lay on the shore; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave ; And the bellowing of the savage...me. I wiped away the weeds and foam— I fetched my sea-horn treasures home; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore,... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1892 - 996 pages
...delicate shells upon 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 treasures home; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore, With the sun, and the sand,... | |
 | English poetry - 1871 - 476 pages
...sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave, And the bellowing of the savage...and foam — I fetched my sea-born treasures home ; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore. With the sun, and the... | |
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