 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 932 pages
...wrecking reef for the gallant bark? There are snares enough on the tented field, 'Mid the blossom'd sweeta that the valleys yield ; There are serpents to coil, ere the flowers are up; Hath earth no graves, that ye thus must spread The boundless sea for the thronging dead ? Ye build... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 pages
...isle is the home of men, And the mountains exult where the wave hath been. But why do ye plant 'neath the billows dark The wrecking reef for the gallant...serpents to coil, ere the flowers are up ; There's a poison drop in man's purest cup ; There are foes that watch for his cradle breath ; And why need you... | |
 | 1904 - 1008 pages
...isle is the home of men, And mountains exult where the wave hath been. But why do ye plant, 'neath the billows dark, The wrecking reef for the gallant...There are serpents to coil ere the flowers are up, There 'sa poison drop in man's purest cup. There are foes that watch for his cradle breath, And why... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 424 pages
...hath been. But why do ye plant, 'neath the billows dark, The wrecking reef for the gallant bark ? Them are snares enough on the tented field, Mid the blossomed...There are serpents to coil ere the flowers are up, There 'sa poison drop in man's purest cup. POEMS OF THE SEA. There are foes that watch for his cradle... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrup - 1888 - 790 pages
...isle is the home of men, And the mountains exult where the wave hath been. But why do ye plant 'neath the billows dark The wrecking reef for the gallant...foes that watch for his cradle breath ; And why need you sow the floods with death ? With mouldering bones the deeps are white, From the ice-clad pole to... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1106 pages
...isle is the home of men, And mountains exult where the wave hath been. But why do ye plant, 'neath ememberest how In those old days, one summer noon,...sword — and how I rowed across And took it, and There 'sa poison drop in man's purest cup, POEMS OF THE SEA. There are foes that watch for his cradle... | |
 | 1893 - 688 pages
...hath been. But why do ye plant "neath the billows dark The wrecking reef for the gallant bark ? Th«re are snares enough on the tented field, Mid the blossomed...yield; There are serpents to coil, ere the flowers are UD : There's a poison-drop in man's purest cup ; There are foes that watch for his cradle breath ;... | |
 | Poetry - 1870 - 264 pages
...puny race, thus to boldly rear . A fabric so vast in a realm so drear. But why do ye plant, 'neath the billows dark, The wrecking reef for the gallant...There are snares enough on the tented field, 'Mid the blossom'd sweets that the valleys yield ; There are serpents to coil, ere the flowers are up ; There's... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 798 pages
...mountains exult where the wave hath heen. But why do ye plant 'neath the hillows dark The wreeking reef for the gallant bark ? There are snares enough on the tented field, 'Mid the blossom'd sweets that the valleys yield ; There are serpents to eoil, ere the flowers are up ; There's... | |
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The sea-snatched isle is the home of men, And mountains exult where the wave hath been. But why do ye plant 'neath the billows dark The wrecking reef for the gallant bark ? There are snares enough on the tented field, 'Mid the... 
