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... Hours of Exercise in the Alps - Seite 450von John Tyndall - 1872 - 473 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 Seiten
...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...With the sun and the sand and the wild uproar. The lover watched his graceful maid, As 'mid the virgin train she strayed, 30 H Nor knew her beauty's best... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 Seiten
...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,...shore, With the sun, and the sand, and the wild uproar. Nor rose, nor stream, nor bird is fair, Their concord is beyond compare. The lover wateh'd his graceful... | |
| Henry Clapp - 1846 - 228 Seiten
...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, unsightly,...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 Seiten
...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,...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 attire... | |
| 1853 - 560 Seiten
...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, unsightly,...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 attire... | |
| 1853 - 688 Seiten
...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...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... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1854 - 484 Seiten
...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,...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,... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1860 - 588 Seiten
...The delicate shells lay on the shore I wiped away the weeds and foam, I fetched my sea-born treasure home ; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had...shore With the sun and the sand and the wild uproar.' EMERSON. To judge fairly of a Roman Carnival, we must view it in connection with the prevailing tastes,... | |
| 1863 - 774 Seiten
...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 the poor, unsightly,...With the sun, and the sand, and the wild uproar.' It is not mere unrelated variety which charms us, for a forest of all manner of trees is poor in its... | |
| Frederick Saunders - 1866 - 412 Seiten
...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,...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 attire... | |
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