DEEP in the wave is a coral grove, Where the purple mullet and gold-fish rove, Where the sea-flower spreads its leaves of blue, That never are wet with falling dew, But in bright and changeful beauty shine, Far down in the green and glassy brine. Miscellanies Selected from the Public Journals - Page 249by Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1824Full view - About this book
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...wave is a coral-grove, Where the purple mullet and gold-fish rove ; Where the sea-flower spreads its leaves of blue, That never are wet with falling dew,...beauty shine, Far down in the green and glassy brine. 2. The floor is of sand, like the mountain drift, Their boughs, where the tides and billows flow; The... | |
| W. J. Lake - 1857 - 176 pages
...unsettled life — " Where the sea- flower spreads its leaves of blue, That never are wet with the falling dew, But in bright and changeful beauty shine Far down in the deep and glassy brine." Many of these " spats " unite and adhere to rocks and old shells ; form large... | |
| English essays - 1857 - 656 pages
...sea-flowers. These make up the charm of my apartment, and remind me of those beautifully descriptive lines — The floor is of sand, like the mountain drift, And the pearl shell spangles the flinty snow ; From coral rocks the sea-plants lift Their boughs, where the tides... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1858 - 516 pages
...wave is a coral grove, Where the purple mullet and gold-fish rove, Where the sea-flower spreads its leaves of blue, That never are wet with falling dew,...green and glassy brine. The floor is of sand, like the mountain-drift, And the pearl-shells spangle the flinty snow; From coral rocks the sea-plants lift... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1858 - 752 pages
...spreads its leaves of blne, That never are wet with the falling dew, Bnt in bright and changeful beanty shine, Far down in the green and glassy brine. The...floor is of sand, like the mountain drift, And the pearl-shells spangle the flinty suow ; From coral rooks the sea-plants lift Their bows where the tides... | |
| W. J. Lake - Earth sciences - 1858 - 182 pages
...and unsettled life — " Where the sea-flower spreads its leaves of blue, That never are wet with the falling dew, But in bright and changeful beauty shine Far down in the deep and glassy brine." Many of these " spats " unite and adhere to rocks and old shells ; form large... | |
| Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 1859 - 1136 pages
...wave is a Coral Grove, Where the purple mullet, and gold-fish rove, Where the sea-flower spreads its leaves of blue, That never are wet with falling dew,...snow ; From coral rocks the sea plants lift Their boughs, where the tides and billows flow ; The water is calm and still below, For the winds and waves... | |
| HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 pages
...wave is a coral grove, Where the purple mullet and gold-fish rove; Where the sea-flower spreads its leaves of blue, That never are wet with falling dew....But in bright and changeful beauty shine, Far down iu the green and glassy brine. The floor is of sand, like the mountain drift; And the pearl-shells... | |
| Charles William Everest - American literature - 1860 - 484 pages
...wave is a coral grove, Where the purple mullet and gold-fish rove, Where the sea-flower spreads its leaves of blue, That never are wet with falling dew,...snow ; From coral rocks the sea plants lift Their boughs, where the tides and billows flow : The water is calm and still below, For the winds and the... | |
| William Russell - 1861 - 312 pages
...wave is a coral grove, Where the purple mullet and gold-fish rove, Where the sea-flower spreads its leaves of blue, That never are wet with falling dew,...beauty shine Far down in the green and glassy brine." (" Quality," force, " stress," and pitch, as before.) 4. — [NATURE.] —Bryant. The mountains clasp... | |
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