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" Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down 'Twas sad as sad could be; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea! All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day,... "
Literature of the English Language: Comprising Representative Selections ... - Page 296
1872 - 640 pages
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My Journal in Malayan Waters, Or, The Blockade of Quedah

Sherard Osborn - 1861 - 396 pages
...description of the horrors they then endured, Drought vividly to my mind the lines of Coleridge : — " Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, — 'Twas...breath, nor motion ; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. fl " Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink ; Water, water, everywhere,...
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Essays: 1st-3d series

Theophilus Parsons - 1862 - 316 pages
...the sails dropt down, 'Twas sad as sad could be, And we did speak only to break The silence of that sea. All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody sun at...breath nor motion ; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. The very deep did rot ; 0 Christ ! That ever this should be ! Yea slimy things did...
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Essays

Theophilus Parsons - 1862 - 316 pages
...the sails dropt down, 'Twas sad as sad could be, And we did speak only to break The silence of that sea. All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody sun at...breath nor motion ; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. The Tery deep did rot ; 0 Christ ! That ever this should be ! Yea slimy things did...
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The Children's Garland: From the Best Poets

Coventry Patmore - 1862 - 372 pages
...sails dropt down, ' Twas sad as sad could be ; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea. " Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath...all the boards did shrink ; Water, water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. " About, about, in reel and rout The death-fires danced at night ; The water,...
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The poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, ed. by D. and S. Coleridge

Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1863 - 510 pages
...the breeze to blow. luck. All wretch ! said they, the bird to slay, That made the breeze to blow ! Nor dim nor red, like God's own head, The glorious...a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink ; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink. Bntwhenthe...
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Playtime with the poets: a selection of the best English poetry for the use ...

Playtime - 1863 - 436 pages
...as sad could be ; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea ! 158 THE ANCIENT MARINER. All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody sun at noon,...all the boards did shrink ; Water, water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. The. very deep did rot : O Christ ! That ever this should be ! Yea, slimy things...
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The Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1863 - 446 pages
...bex J calmed. The silence of the sea ! All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Eight up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon....a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, every where, And the AV And all the boards did shrink ; ^™tso8 j£The very deep did rot : 0 Christ...
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Choice specimens of English literature, selected and arranged by T.B. Shaw ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...MARINES.' 321. A CALM ON THE EQUATOR. The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow follow'd free ; We were the first that ever burst Into that...the boards did shrink ; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. The very deep did rot : — O Christ ! That ever this should be ! Yea, slimy...
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Ocean lays; or, The sea, the ship, and the sailor, poems ..., Volume 113

Ocean lays - 1864 - 400 pages
...We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. Down dropped the breeze, the sails dropped down, 'Twas sad as sad could be ; And we did speak...a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, every where ! And all the boards did shrink ; Water, water, every where ! Nor any drop to drink. The...
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The Poems of S.T. Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1864 - 332 pages
...only to break The silence of the sea! * la the former edition the line was, The furrow followed free; All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon,...a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, every where, And the And all the boards did shrink; Albatross Water, water, every where, avenged. Nor...
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