 I looked to heaven, and tried to pray; But or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust.  Christabel... - Page 51by Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1905 - 157 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1854 - 712 pages
...the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away ; I looked upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay. I looked to heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gueht, \x A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids, and kejt them... | |
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 332 pages
...the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away; I looked upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay. I looked to heaven, and tried to pray; But, or ever a prayer had gushed, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids, and kept them close,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1855 - 478 pages
...rotting sea, And drew my eyes away ; I looked upon the ghastly deck, And there the dead men lav. IJooked to Heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer...dry as dust. I closed my lids and kept them close, Till the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky Lay like a load... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1856 - 344 pages
...display; Lo, see soon after, how she fades and falls away." 131. Evil spirit behind Margaret.] — " I looked to heaven and tried to pray, But or ever...wicked whisper came and made My heart as dry as dust." (Spenser.) (Rime of the Ancient Mariner.) 132. And under thy heart stirs it not quickening now ?] —... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1856 - 410 pages
...chamber of death ! Even when I tried to say to myself, " Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord," a " Wicked whisper came and made My heart as dry as dust." And it was not till I saw the child I loved so dearly fairly committed to the grave, and had leant... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 448 pages
...the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away ; I looked upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay. I looked to heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gush'd, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids, and kept them close,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 466 pages
...the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away ; I looked upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay. I looked to heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gush'd, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids, and kept them close,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 454 pages
...the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away ; I looked upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay. I looked to heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gush'd, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids, and kept them close,... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 610 pages
...sea, And drew my eyes away ; I look'd upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay. " I look'd to heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gush'd, Л wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. •Concluded from the January number.... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...sea, And drew my eyes away ; I look'd upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay. " I look'd to heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gush'd, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. " I closed my lids, and kept them... | |
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