Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, He left the past year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last-found home,... Essays - Página 259por Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 324 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| John George Wood - 1863 - 830 páginas
...growing shell, Before thee lies revealed — Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed ! Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...in his last-found home, and knew the old no more. Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap, forlorn... | |
| John George Wood - 1863 - 840 páginas
...his growing shell, Before thee lies revealed — Its iriaed ceiling rent, iU sunless crypt unsealed ! Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, He left the pnnt year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 páginas
...growing shell, Before thee lies reveal'd, — Its iris'd ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unseal'd ! Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretch'd in his last-found home, and knew the old no more. Thanks for the heavenly message brought... | |
| 1866 - 648 páginas
...nautilus. Thus has a poet described it : " Year after year beheld the silent toil, • That spread its lustrous coil ; Still, as the spiral grew, He left...year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step the shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last found home and knew the... | |
| 1866 - 650 páginas
...of 362 The Art of Not Growing Old. [July, " Year after year beheld the silent toil, That spread its lustrous coil ; Still, as the spiral grew, He left...year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step the shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last found home and knew the... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 páginas
...growing shell, Before thee lies revealed, — Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed! in. Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...Stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no mora IV. Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her... | |
| 1867 - 912 páginas
...museum at Cambridge, has been placed in the choice cabinet of a poet's verse: " Still, as the spir.il grew, He left the past year's dwelling for the new,...through. Built up its idle door. Stretched in his last-formed home, and knew the old DO more." " Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child... | |
| 1897 - 1192 páginas
...of nature. Who but a biologist, who was also a poet, could have sung of the chambered nautilus ? " Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...in his last-found home, and knew the old no more." To those who seek the practical utility of scientific study biology can show its triumphs, but here... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 710 páginas
...shaped his glowing cell, Before thee lies revealed, Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed. Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last found home, and knew the old Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 712 páginas
...glowing cell, Before thee lies revealed, Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed. Tear after year beheld the silent toil That spread his...through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last found home, and knew the old no more. Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of... | |
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