 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
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1848 - 688 pages
...lures ol' the . ; , » . 1,1 i/» i i. , uodVcrea- They moved in tracks of shining white, great culm. And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in...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.... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1848 - 848 pages
...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." It seems as if old Ocean shakes From his dark brow... | |
 | William Henry Harvey - Coastal animals - 1849 - 270 pages
...some 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...watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy-green, and velvet black They coiled and swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire." But it is difficult,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1849 - 578 pages
...shadow lay, The charmed water burnt ahvay A sail and awful red. Beyond the shadow 9f the ship 1 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 I watch'd their rich... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - 782 pages
...of i animals sporting on the wave. Coleridge well describes this pheon in his ' Ancient Mariner:' ' Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes...when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary ilakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire : Blue, glossy-green, and velvet-black,... | |
 | American poetry - 1850 - 450 pages
...awful red. Beyond the shadow of the ship, ¿SKS? 0 They moved in tracks of shining white, £îrf eat And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. I watched the water-snakes ; ^ InSHuïot Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...light Fell off in hoary flake*. I watched their rich attire : Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. 0 happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might declare : A spring of love gushed from my heart,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1851 - 850 pages
...wild, but highly poetical bsl lad 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 flake*." NOTE K. - The dark fortrest.—P. 415. The fortress... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 644 pages
...creature's path." To thin tlic word« of Coleridge may well be applied :— " 1 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 Wait a fliwh uf golden fire." In this genera, too, is included the matchless Beroc,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 622 pages
...the ship I watch'd the water-snake» : 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 : Blue, glossy green, and velvet black They coil'd and swam ; and every track... | |
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