 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
 | 1858 - 460 sidor
...lay, The charmed water burnt alway A still and awful red. 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 I watched their rich attire ; Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam ; and every... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1858 - 536 sidor
...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...in hoary flakes. Within the shadow -of the ship I watched their rich attire, — Blue, glassy green, and velvet black: They curled, and swam, and every... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 588 sidor
...the water-makes : THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE. 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 I watch'd their rich attire : I'.lur, glossy green, and velvet black, They coil'd and swnm ; and every track Was a Sash of golden... | |
 | Sheila Hales - 1994 - 160 sidor
...breath drew in, As they were drinking all. Poetry Then and Now 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 I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track... | |
 | Patrick J. Keane - 1994 - 452 sidor
...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...attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black They coil'd and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. (lines 264-73) Despite Irving Babbitt's... | |
 | Jack Stillinger - 1994 - 268 sidor
...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 hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, 280 They coiled and swam; and every... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 sidor
...of the Moon he beholdeth God's creatures of the great calm. 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 I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track... | |
 | Gregory Orr, Ellen Bryant Voigt - 1996 - 292 sidor
...upside-down redemptive vision of Coleridge's mariner takes shape: 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 I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam, and every track... | |
 | Alan M. Beck, Aaron Honori Katcher - 1996 - 342 sidor
...beauty of animals he would never touch or tend in any way. 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 I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track... | |
 | David Holt - 1997 - 180 sidor
...colourful group of water-snakes, as in Coleridge's Ancient Mariner: Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: 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... | |
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