 Nor any drop to drink. The very deep did rot; O Christ! That ever this should be! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea! About, about, in reel and rout, The death-fires danced at night: The water, like a witch's oils, Burnt green, and...  The Cowper Anthology: 1775-1800 A. D. - Page 245edited by - 1901 - 335 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1859 - 136 pages
...this should be ! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea. ' About, about, in revel and rout, The death-fires danced at night ; The water,...a witch's oils, Burnt green, and blue, and white. Certainly the Ancient Mariner saw* nothing among the ' slimy 'things' and the 'death-fires' of his... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1861 - 448 pages
...begins to be And all the boards did shrink ; avtmged. Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. About, about, in reel and rout The death-fires danced...and blue and white. And some in dreams assured were A Spirit hiui lollowed Of the Spirit that plagued us so ; them; one Nine fathom deep he had followed... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...: O Christ ! That ever this should be ! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea. " About, about, in reel and rout The death-fires danced...oils, Burnt green, and blue, and white. " And some in drvams assured were Of the Spirit that plagued us so ; Nine fathom deep he had follow'd us From the... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1862 - 372 pages
...water everywhere, And all the boards did shrink ; Water, water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. " About, about, in reel and rout The death-fires danced...witch's oils, Burnt green, and blue, and white. " And every tongue, through utter drought, Was withered at the root ; We could not speak, no more than if... | |
 | 1863 - 392 pages
...rot : O Christ I That ever this should be ! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea. "About, about, in reel and rout The death-fires danced...blue, and white. "And some in dreams assured were A spirit had r»ilowed them ; one Of the spirit that plagued us so; of the invisible inhabitant» of... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 pages
...rot : O Christ ! That ever this should be ! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea. About, about in reel and rout The death-fires danced...witch's oils, Burnt green and blue and white. And every tongue, through utter drought, Was withered at the root ; We could not speak, no more than if... | |
 | Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1863 - 510 pages
...rot : O Christ ! That ever this should be ! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea. About, about, in reel and rout The death-fires danced...like a witch's oils, Burnt green, and blue and white. A spirit had And some in dreams assured were them ; one of Of the Spirit that plagued us so ; Jn£aMtentoe... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 314 pages
...everywhere, And all the hoards did shrink; Water, water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. 25. . ' About, about, in reel and rout, The death-fires danced at night; The water, like a witch's oils, Burned green, and blue, and white. 26. ' And every tongue, through utter drought, Was withered at the... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1863 - 390 pages
...shrink ; Water, water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. "About, alxmt, in reel and rout The death-tires danced at night ; The water, like a witch's oils, Burnt green, and blue, and white. " And every tongue, through utter drought, Was withered at the root ; We could not speak, no more than if... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1864 - 328 pages
...rot : O Christ ! That ever this should be ! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea. About, about, in reel and rout The death-fires danced...assured were Of the spirit that plagued us so : Nine fathom deep he had followed us From the land of mist and snow. And the Albatross begins to be avenged.... | |
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