 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Satire, American - 1858 - 430 pages
...was wont to dwell, As the frail tenant shaped his growing shell, Before thee lies revealed, — Ita irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed !...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... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 pages
...Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, lie left the past year's dwelling for the new, Stole with...through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no man Thinks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...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 lost-found home, and knew the oli no more. Thanks for the heavenly message brought... | |
 | Science - 1861 - 460 pages
...after year behold the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, He left his past year's dwelling for the new; Stole, with soft...through; Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no more. Canada when they lay at the bottom of the palaeozoic seas,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Literary Criticism - 1862 - 326 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 346 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...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 <>'.! no more. Thanks for the heavenly message brought... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...thee lics reveal'd, — Its iris'd ceiling rent, its sunless erypt unseal 'd ! Year after year bcheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil ; Still,...Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Bnilt up its idle door, Stretch'd in his last-found home, and knew the old no more. Thanks for the... | |
 | John George Wood - Zoology - 1863 - 830 pages
...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...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... | |
 | John George Wood - Natural history - 1863 - 840 pages
...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...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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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,... 
