I walked the ocean strand; A pearly shell was in my hand : I stooped and wrote upon the sand My name — the year — the day. As onward from the spot I passed, One lingering look behind I cast : A wave came rolling high and fast, And washed my lines... The Female Poets of America - Página 45por Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 400 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Hannah Flagg Gould - 1841 - 252 páginas
...with his angels, calling up the slain To freedom, and annihilate the grave. A NAME IN THE SAND. ALONE I walked the ocean strand; A pearly shell was in my...fast, And washed my lines away. And so, methought, J t will shortly be With every mark on earth from me; A wave of dark oblivion's sea Will sweep across... | |
| 1856 - 1026 páginas
...child believing on him might inherit the kingdom of heaven. MY NAME IN THE SAND. ALONE I walked on the ocean strand, A pearly shell was in my hand, I...stooped and wrote upon the sand My name, the year, and day : As onward from the spot I passed, One lingering look behind I cast, A wave came rolling high... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 páginas
...a white stone bearing a new name," be Thy passport when time shall end ! A NAME IN THE SAND. ALONE I walked the ocean strand; A pearly shell was in my hand: I stoop'd and wrote upon the sand My name — the year — the day. As onward from the spot I pass'd,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 280 páginas
...SAND. BY HANNAH F. GOULD. ALONE I walk'd the ocean strand ; A pearly shell was in my hand : I stoop'd and wrote upon the sand My name — the year — the day. As onward from the spot I pass'd, One lingering look behind I cast : A wave came rolling high and fast, And wash'd my lines away.... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 278 páginas
...stoop'd and wrote upon the sand My name — the year — the day. As onward from the spot I pass'd, One lingering look behind I cast : A wave came rolling high and fast, And wash'd my lines away. And so, methought, 'twill shortly be With every mark on earth from me ; A wave... | |
| William Bentley Fowle - 1844 - 302 páginas
...has all tie simplicity and purity that characterize the poetry of the author, Miss HF GOULD. Alone I walked the ocean strand, A pearly shell was in my...fast, And washed my lines away. And so, methought, 't will shortly be With every mark on earth from me ; A wave of dark oblivion's sea Will sweep across... | |
| 1847 - 338 páginas
...would be a nightly monitor of death — an ever-present emblem of mortality. A Name in the Sand. ALOHF. I walked the ocean strand ; A pearly shell was in...onward from the spot I passed, One lingering look I fondly cast; A wave came rolling high and fast, And washed my lines away. And so, methought, 'twill... | |
| Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 páginas
...LESSON CXV. A NAME IN THE SAND. ALONE I walked the ocean strand ; V pearly shell was in my hand : . stooped and wrote upon the sand My name, the year,...fast, And washed my lines away. And so, methought, 't will shortly bo With every mark on earth from me ; A wave of dark oblivion's sea Will sweep across... | |
| 1848 - 876 páginas
...for death, if that should during the coming year await you. THE NAME ON THE SAND. Alone I walked on the ocean strand— A pearly shell was in my hand...from the spot I passed. One lingering look behind I case — A wave came rolling high and fast, And washed my lines away. And so, methought, 'twill quickly... | |
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