 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 430 pagini
...was wont to dwell, As the frail tenant shaped his growing shell, Before thee lies revealed, — Ita irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed !...low-vaulted past ! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 pagini
...Thinks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap forlorn 1 From thy dead lips a clearer note is born Than ever...that sings :— Build thee more stately mansions, 0 my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low- vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than... | |
 | Caroline Snowden Guild - 1860 - 366 pagini
...the old no more. Thanks for the heavenly meflage brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Caft from her lap, forlorn ! From thy dead lips a clearer...Through the deep caves of thought I hear a voice that fings : Build thee more {lately manfions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low-vaulted... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 326 pagini
...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 ship of pearl ! And...low-vaulted past ! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 368 pagini
...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 ship of pearl ! And...that sings : — Build thee more stately mansions, 0 my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low-vaulted past ! Let each new temple, nobler than... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 328 pagini
...cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell, As the frail tenant shaped his growing shell, Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...low-vaulted past ! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, THE TWO AEMIES. As Life's unending column pours,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 346 pagini
...cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell, As the frail tenant shaped his growing shell, Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...that sings : — Build thee more stately mansions, 0 my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low- vaulted past ! Let each new temple, nobler than... | |
 | John George Wood - 1863 - 840 pagini
...year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, He left the pnnt year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step...rings, Through the deep caves of thought I hear a voic.i that sings : — Build thee more stately mansions, 0 my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 712 pagini
...Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap, forlorn ! Prom thy dead lips a clearer note is borne Than ever Triton blew from wreathed horn ! "While...the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low-vaulted past I Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 710 pagini
...lap, forlorn ! From thy dead lips a clearer note is borne Than ever Triton blew from wreathed horn I While on mine ear it rings Through the deep caves...the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low-vaulted past I Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou... | |
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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,... 
