...the heavenly strife, The singing on the sunny sides of all the clouds Of his own life. — Anonymous. The Chambered Nautilus This is the ship of pearl which,...cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its web of living gauze no more unfurl ; Wrecked is the ship of pearl! And every chambered cell, Where...

...flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale! zs THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS This is the ship of pearl,...unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings 6 On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the Siren sings, And coral reefs...

...reach the Spot 299 Where I made one — turn down an empty Glass ! TAMAM SHUD. ' E. FITZGERALD. 320 THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS This is the ship of pearl,...purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, 5 And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of...

...poet, with a nautilus shell lying before him, uses it to tell something about life. Find his message. This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails...wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren1 sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair....

...last tottering pillars fall, Take the poor dust thy mercy warms, And mould it into heavenly forms ! The Chambered Nautilus This is the ship of pearl,...sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of Hying gauze no more unfurl; Wrecked is the ship of pearl ! And every chambered cell, Where its dim...

...forget to develop its wonderful music to the highest degree consistent with perfect understanding. THIS is the ship of pearl, which poets feign, Sails...the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. And every chambered cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell, As the frail tenant shaped...

...suggests plaintive night sounds. The rhythm of the following lines is gayer than that of Gray's poem. This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails...the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. — HOLMES. Something of abandon and joy is expressed in such words as " flings," " venturous bark."...

...read the poem to learn what the dead nautilus in its broken shell spoke to the heart of the poet.) THIS is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails...Siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl ; Wrecked is the...

...upraised coral reefs were dotted about the straits, and I was reminded of those wonderful lines of Holmes: "The venturous bark that flings "On the sweet summer...cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair." Just so, we seemed to be, a venturous bark on the sweet summer wind, floating through enchanted gulfs...

...The Daisy This is the ship of pearl, which poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, The venturesome bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled...the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, The Chambered Nautilus Who knows not Circe, The daughter of the Sun, whose charmed...