 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 páginas
...ALICE GARY. SEA LIFE. FROM "THE PELICAN ISLAND." LIGHT as a flake of foam upon the wind Keel-upward from the deep emerged a shell, Shaped like the moon ere half her horn is filled ; Fraught with young life, it righted as it rose, And moved nt will along the yielding water.... | |
 | Clara L. Matéaux - 1878 - 214 páginas
...away from shore : even there it is only by the fading sunset that they float on the tranquil waters. " Light as a flake of foam upon the wind, , Keel upward...emerged a shell, Shaped like the moon, ere half her home is filled ; Fraught with young life, it righted as it rose, And moved at will along the yielding... | |
 | Andrew Wilson - 1879 - 450 páginas
...you are doubtless familiar with Montgomery's eulogy of the animal in his " Pelican Island " : — " Light as a flake of foam upon the wind, Keel upward...a. shell Shaped like the moon ere half her horn is filled ; Fraught with young life, it righted as it rose, And moved at will along the yielding water.... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1879 - 572 páginas
...ministers ; They know not what they are, nor what they do: Oh for the beings for whom these were made ! " Light as a flake of foam upon the wind, Keel upward,...a shell, Shaped like the moon ere half her horn is filled ; Fraught with young life, it righted as it rose, And moved at will along the yielding water.... | |
 | George Washington Tryon, Henry Augustus Pilsbry - 1879 - 568 páginas
...thin oar, and catch the driving gale. — POPK. Light as a Hake of foam upon the wind, Keel upwards from the deep emerged a shell, Shaped like the moon ere half her orb is filled ; Fraught with young, life, it righted as it rose, And moved at will along the yielding... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 586 páginas
...surface. Everybody knows the beautiful but fanciful picture which Montgomery draws of the nautilus : — " Light as a flake of foam upon the wind, Keel upward,...a shell, Shaped like the moon ere half her horn is filled ; Fraught with young life, it righted as it rose, And moved at will along the yielding water.... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1880 - 778 páginas
...ministers ; They know not what they are, nor what they do : O for the beings for whom these were made ! " Light as a flake of foam upon the wind, Keel upward...a shell, Shaped like the moon ere half her horn is filled ; Fraught with young life, it righted as it rose, And moved at will along the yielding water.... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 594 páginas
...Everybody knows the beautiful but fanciful picture which Montgomery draws of the nautilus: — " Light aa a flake of foam upon the wind, Keel upward, from the...a shell, Shaped like the moon ere half her horn is tilled ; Fraught with young life, it righted as it rose, And moved at will along the yielding water.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 826 páginas
...wind, Keel-npward from the deep emerged a shell, Shaped like the moon ere half her horn is filled: Fraught with young life, it righted as it rose, And...along the yielding water. The native pilot of this Tittle bark Put out a tier of oars on cither side, Spread to the wafting breeze a twofold sail, And... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1881 - 618 páginas
...ministers ; They know not what they are, nor what they do: Oh for the beings for whom these were made ! " Light as a flake of foam upon the wind, Keel upward,...a shell, Shaped like the moon ere half her horn is filled ; Fraught with young life, it righted as it rose, And moved at will along the yielding water.... | |
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Light as a flake of foam upon the wind, Keel upward from the deep emerged a shell, Shaped like the moon ere half her horn is filled ; Fraught with young life, it righted as it rose, And moved at will along the yielding water. The native pilot of this... 
