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" 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 64
edited by - 1862 - 344 pages
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The Poetical and Dramatic Works of S. T. Coleridge: With a Life of ..., Volume 1

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...
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Myrtles and aloes; or, Our Salcombe sketch book. With a discursive gossip ...

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...
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Glencreggan; or, A Highland home in Cantire, by Cuthbert Bede, Volume 2

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,...
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Favourite English Poems: Thomson to Tennyson, 1700-1860

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...
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Chambers's narrative series of standard reading books, Book 6

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 316 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,...
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The Poems of S.T. Coleridge

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,...
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The Southern Monthly Magazine, Volume 1

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,...
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The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With an ..., Volume 7

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...
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Golden Leaves from the British Poets

John William Stanhope Hows - 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 ; ''""'...
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The Advanced Reader

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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