 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...  Spirit of the English Magazines - Página 1131828Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1849 - 578 páginas
...lay. The charmed water burnt alway A still and awful red. Beyond the shadow él" the ship I watch'd the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they rcar'd, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watch'd their rich... | |
 | 1850 - 268 páginas
...animals sporting on the wave. Coleridge well describes this phenomenon in his ' Ancient Mariner :' ' Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes...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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - 782 páginas
...animals sporting on the wave. Coleridge well describes this phenomenon in his ' Ancient Marnaer :' ' Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes...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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1850 - 764 páginas
...TiT"^'!**™! They moved in tracks of shining tune of the creel white, """• And when they rear'd, ll around, Then eyed our cottage, I watch'd their rich attire; Blue, glossy green..and velvet black, They coil'd and swam; and every... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 644 páginas
...creature's path." To this the words of Coleridge may well be applied : — " I watched the water snakes ; They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they...reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. * * * » And every track Was a flash of golden fire." In this genera, too, is included the matchless... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 622 páginas
...the ship I watch'd the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they rear'd, . whose education and rank admit him to the mansion of the rich land-holde watch'd their rich attire : Blue, glossy green, and velvet black They coil'd and swam ; and every track... | |
 | Melchior Yvan - 1854 - 386 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 332 páginas
...Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes ; THE EHr&DB OF THE ANCIENT MAEI1TEE. 173 They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they...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... | |
 | William Henry Harvey - 1854 - 350 páginas
...notion of their singular beauty : — " 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 Hakes. " Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire : Blue, glossy-green, and velvet... | |
 | 1854 - 456 páginas
...c/t'he'moon I watched the water-snakes ; e'h'Sod'-e' They moved in tracks of shining white, the"™""' 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... | |
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