 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 Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Complete - Page 37by Walter Scott - 1845Full view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1805 - 284 pages
...shadow 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 white ; And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - English poetry - 1815 - 466 pages
...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 reared, the elvish light Fell off in hoary flakes." -3 ...... NoteX. Ilemn in the rock, a passage there... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1815 - 468 pages
...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 reared, the elvish light Fell off in hoary flakes." Note X. Heam in the rock, a passage there Sought... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 334 pages
...silent joy at their arrival. By the light of the Moon he beholdeth 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 white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. t ' Within the shadow of the ship I watch'd their... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 338 pages
...wild, hat highly poetical hallad 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 reared, the elvish light Fell off in hoary flakes." Note X. ffcwn in the rocfr, a. passage there Songht... | |
 | 1820 - 784 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 watch'd the water-snakes : They moved in tracts of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - Great Britain - 1820 - 328 pages
...midnight sky. And lastly, in a note upon the above, Mr. Scott quotes the following fr3tn Coleridge's " Ancient Mariner." Beyond the shadow of the ship I watch'd the water-snakes, They mov'd in tracks of shining white, And when they rear'd, the elvish light Fell off in hoary flakes.... | |
 | 1821 - 420 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 watch'd 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 watch'd their rich... | |
 | 1820 - 696 pages
...shadow lay, The charmed water burnt alway A still and awful red. Beyond the shadow of the ship I watoh'd 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 watch'd their rich... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - 1822 - 430 pages
...huge shadow lay, The charmed water burnt alwaj A still and awful red. Beyond the shadow of the ship 1 watch'd 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 watch'd their rich... | |
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