 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 - 1866 - 108 pages
...water-snakes : creatures of the , " Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire : 29 Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled...swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. E Their beauty and "O happy living things! no tongue their happiness. Their beauty might declare :... | |
 | William Barry Lord - 1867 - 158 pages
...too, desport after their own manner:— " Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water snakes ; They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they...swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire." " Ancient Mariner.' The subject of the annexed illustration is the common slender Spider Crab (Stenorynchus... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1868 - 714 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...reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. By the light o! the Moon li beholdeth God' creatures of Hi great calm. Their beauty and their happiness.... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1869 - 528 pages
...description of Coleridge, and felt all its beauty : — " They moved in tracks of shining white, Aud when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary...of the ship I watched their rich attire, — Blue, glassy green, and velvet black : They curled, and swam, and every track Was a flash of golden fire."... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1870 - 530 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...the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire ; And envieth that they should live, and so many lie dead. But the curse liveth for him in the eye... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1870 - 264 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...the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire ; And envieth that they should live, and so many lie dead. But the curse liveth for him in the eye... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 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...reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. By the li«ht "f the Moon he beholdeth fkxi's creatures of the great calm. " Within the shadow of the... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...water burnt alway A still and awful red. " Beyond the shadow nf the ship I watched the water snakes : They moved in tracks of shining white ; And when they...swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. HAND-BOOK OF ENGLISH- LITERATURE. "O happy living thing* ' no tongue Their beauty might declare ; A... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...; caiiil? "''" And when they reared, the clüsh light Fell oil' in hoary Hakes. Within the shallow of the ship I wa Hash of golden fire. T1'cirlîX 0 happy living things ! no tongue ««• Their beauty might declare... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...water-snakes ; creatures They moved in tracks of shining white ; of the great . . . ( 1,1 i/, t i. i calm. r still, Even in extremity of ill. By Yarrow's stream...withered cheek ; Still lay my head by Teviot stone, Th Theirbeau- Q happy living things ! no tongue happiness. Their beauty might declare ; A spring of love... | |
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