 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 Poets and Poetry of America - 213. oldalszerző: Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 476 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 oldal
...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...shore 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... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 228 oldal
...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 oldal
...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,...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... | |
 | 1850 - 608 oldal
...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 oldal
...the bellowing of the savage sea Greeted their safe escape to me. I wiped away the weeds and foam, ' fetch'd my sea-born treasures home, But the poor,...shore, With the sun, and the sand, and the wild uproar. ^or rose, nor stream, nor bird is fair, Their concord is beyond compare. The lover watch'd his graceful... | |
 | 1853 - 560 oldal
...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,...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... | |
 | 1853 - 688 oldal
...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 oldal
...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 oldal
...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 oldal
...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... | |
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