Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes: They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet... The Children's Garland: From the Best Poets - Page 64edited by - 1862 - 344 pagesFull view - About this book
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1861 - 448 pages
...watched the water-snakes : eth God's . ... creatures of They moved in tracks of shining white, cairf.re"" And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in...swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. Their beau- Q happy living things ! no tongue ty and their _ .riv ° happiness. Their 'beauty might... | |
| Ellen Luscombe - 1861 - 184 pages
...reminded us of that beautiful passage in the Ancient Mariner so beloved by all marine naturalists — " Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich...They coiled and swam, and every track Was a flash of living fire. O happy living things ! no tongue This beauty might declare." So charming was the sight... | |
| Edward Bradley - 1861 - 444 pages
...their livid light To the dark billows of the night A gloomy splendour gave." And Coleridge thus : — "Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes ; They moved in tracks of shining light, And, when they reared, the elfish white Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship,... | |
| English poetry - 1863 - 392 pages
...alway A still and awful red. My the light of the Moon he beholdeth God's creatures of the great calm. " Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes...swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. ™ -f* i*-• Jr ••-• —• . «» , • ^ «f * ' no ton§ue declare: •> ^ «oai ||i;hc'il... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 314 pages
...moon went up the sky, And nowhere did abide : Softly she was going up, And a star or two beside. 45. ' Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes...reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. 46. ' Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire : Blue, glossy green, and velvet Hack,... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1864 - 332 pages
...spread; But where the ship's huge shadow lay, The charmed water burnt alway A still and awful red. Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes:...swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. 0 happy living things! no tongue Their beauty might declare: A spring of love gushed from my heart,... | |
| Australian periodicals - 1864 - 742 pages
...watched the water-snakes : She moved on tracks of shining white. And, when they reared, the elvish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow...swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. 0 happy living things, no tongue Their beauty could declare : A spring of love gushed from my heart,... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1864 - 720 pages
...water-snakes : behoideih Godv. .... ereatures of the They moved in tracks of shmmg white, great calm. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich...swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. rboir beauty and their happiness. He bleascth them In Ills heart. O happy living things ! no tongue... | |
| John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...beholdeth God's And when they reared, the elfish light creatures or the great calm. Fell off ln noaI7 flakes. " Within the shadow of the ship I watched...swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. Their beauty " ° haPPy living things ! no tongue and their hap- Their beauty might declare ; ''""'... | |
| Readers - 1866 - 408 pages
...moving Moon went up the sky, And nowhere did abide : Softly she was going up, And a star or two heside Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes...white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell oif in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire : Blue, glossy green,... | |
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