 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-black,...  The Sword and the trowel; ed. by C.H. Spurgeon - Page 429by London metrop. tabernacle - 1865Full view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1805 - 284 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - English poetry - 1815 - 466 pages
...the sea-snakes in Mr Coleridge's wild, but highly poetical balliid of the Ancient Mariner:— .' >A " Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes,...tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elvish light Fell off in lipary flakes." Note X. Hewn in the roek, a passage there Sought the dark... | |
 | 1828 - 514 pages
...painted ship Upon a painted ocean." Then how exquisite the way in which the charm begins to break !— " Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes...shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire : Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swain, and every track Was a flash of golden fire.... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 330 pages
...of the Moon he beholdcth God's creatures of the great calm. Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watch'd the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of shining...off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watch'd their rich attire : Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 338 pages
...the description sea-snakes in Mr. Coleridge's wild, but highly poetical of the Ancient Mariner:— " Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes, They moved in tracks of shining while, And when they reared, the elvish light Fell off in hoary flakes." Note X. ffcwn in the rock,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 314 pages
...description of the sea-snakes in Mr Coleridge's wild, but highly poetical ballad of the Ancient Mariner:— " Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched 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 rock, a passage there Sought... | |
 | England - 1820 - 756 pages
...still and awful red. Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watch'd the water-snakes : e They moved in tracts of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. I watch'd their rich attire : Within the shadow of die ship Blue, glassy green, and velvet black, They... | |
 | 1821 - 420 pages
...shadow 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...off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watch'd their rich attire : They coiled and swam ; and every track Blue, glossy green, and velvet black,... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1821 - 516 pages
...description of the sea-snakes in Mr Coleridge's wild, but highly poetical ballad of the Ancient Mariner:— " Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched 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... | |
 | 1820 - 696 pages
...shadow 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 reared, the elfish light Fell off i» hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watch'd their rich attire : They coiled and swam... | |
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