 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 Etonian - Sida 3131820Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Walter Scott - 1822 - 410 sidor
...wild, but highly poetical ballad of the Ancient Mariner :— " Beyond the shadow of the ship I watch'd the water-snakes, They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they rear'd, the elvish light Fell off in hoary flakes." NoteX. Hewn in the rock, a passage there Sought... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 290 sidor
...but highly poetical ballad of the Ancient Mariner : — " Beyond the shadow of the «hip I watch'd the water-snakes, They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they rear'd, the elvish light Fell off in hoary flakes." Note X. Hewn in the rode, a passage there Sought... | |
 | Cabinet - 1824 - 440 sidor
...lay, The charmed water burnt alway A still and awful red. Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watch'd the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of shining...Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. O happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - 1824 - 446 sidor
...watch'd the water-snakes . They moved in tracks of shilling white, And when they rear'd, the elieh light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship 1 watch'd their rich attire : Blue, glossy-green, and velvet black, They coil'd and swam ; and every... | |
 | 1824 - 446 sidor
...lay, The charmed water burnt alway A still and awful red. • Beyond the shadow of the ship I watch'd the water-snakes . They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they rear'd, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship 1 watch'd their rich... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 sidor
...lay, The charmed water burnt alway A still and awful red. \ Beyond the Hhadow of the ship, I watch'd the water-snakes: They moved in tracks of shining...Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. () happy living things! no tongue Their beauty might... | |
 | 1828 - 514 sidor
...exquisite the way in which the charm begins to break ! — " Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the Water-snakes ; They moved in tracks of shining...off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship 1 watched their rich attire : Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam, and every... | |
 | Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1828 - 386 sidor
...t ' the Moon he I watched the water-snakes : GodWrea They moved in tracks of shining white, ^ £nhe 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 black, They coiled and swam ; and every... | |
 | 1829 - 558 sidor
...the ship, 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...Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. O happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might... | |
 | Cowper Rose - 1829 - 338 sidor
...tens of thousands, while the whole surface of the water was illumed by their ever-radiant colours. " Within the shadow of the ship, I watch'd their rich attire, Blue, glossy green, and velret black ; They coiled and swam, and every track Was a flash of golden fire." A ship is the reverse... | |
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