 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
 | Hugh Miller - 1872 - 504 pages
...vessel's sides. I bethought me of the gorgeous description of Coleridge, and felt all its beauty : — " They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they...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."... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1872 - 134 pages
...the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. They moved in tracks of shining white, pe^caTmT" ° f ' he Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich...swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. Their beauty might declare: happiness. O happy living things! no tongue Thdr b and iheir A spring of... | |
 | 1872 - 660 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...shining white ; And, when they reared, the elfish light " Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire : Blue, glossy green, and velvet black,... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1872 - 552 pages
...; But where the ship's huge shadow lay, The charmed water burnt alway 270 A still and awful red. " Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes...shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light 275 " Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire : Blue, glossy green, and velvet black,... | |
 | Bernard Smith - 1992 - 290 pages
...all possible haste to fly from the danger.90 Forster's account should be compared with the stanza: Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes:...reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Forster's graphic description compares well with the descriptions from Bourzes91 and from Cook's third... | |
 | Jack Stillinger - 1994 - 268 pages
...load] cloud 1817u (corrected to load in 1817c and by hand in 1817 Copies A, B, C, E, F, H, J, L, M) 275 And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in...rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, 280 They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. O happy living things! no tongue... | |
 | Patrick J. Keane - 1994 - 452 pages
...111*1 fillip I watch'd the water-snakes: They mov'd in tracks of shining white: And when they rear'd, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watch'd their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black They coil'd and swam; and every track... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...alway A still and awful red, By 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. 280 Their beauty and their happiness. He blesseth them in hrs heart. O happy living things! no tongue... | |
 | Warren Stevenson - 1996 - 166 pages
...Coleridge is once more anticipating the apocalyptic moment when the Mariner blesses the water snakes: blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled...swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. (278-80) Coleridge is saying we cannot apprehend God directly, but only indirectly, through his creatures,... | |
 | Nancy Dean - 2000 - 164 pages
...beautiful! And they all dead did lie: And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on; and so did I. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich...swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Discuss: 1. These stanzas from "The Rime... | |
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