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" 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 - Page 113
1828
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Lyrical Ballads: With a Few Other Poems

William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Poetry - 1798 - 240 pages
...the ship 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 the shadow of the ship I watch'd their rich attire : Blue, glossy green, and velvet black They coil'd and swam ; and every...
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Lyrical Ballads,: With Other Poems. In Two Volumes, Volume 1

William Wordsworth - 1800 - 270 pages
...the ship I watch'd the water-snakes : They mov'd in tracks of shining -white; And whten they reair'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...
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Lyrical ballads, with other poems [including some by S.T. Coleridge]. From ...

William Wordsworth - 1802 - 356 pages
...ship ' 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 the shadow of the ship * I watch'd their rich attire: ' Blue, glossy green, and velvet-black ' They coil'd and swam; and every...
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The Annual Review and History of Literature, Volume 2

Books - 1804 - 994 pages
...I watch' '1 the \vater-snakes, fhrv n:.r.4il in tracks of shinini* white, *та when lltey 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'a and swam, and every...
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Lyrical Ballads,: With Pastoral and Other Poems. In Two ..., Issue 356, Volume 1

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...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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Lyrical Ballads,: With Pastoral and Other Poems. In Two Volumes, Volume 1

William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Ballads - 1805 - 284 pages
...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...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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The Works of Walter Scott, Esq: The lord of the isles

Sir Walter Scott - English poetry - 1815 - 466 pages
...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...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 Sought...
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The Lord of the Isles: A Poem

Walter Scott - English poetry - 1815 - 468 pages
...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,...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 the darkfortress...
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The Lord of the Isles: A Poem, Volume 10

Walter Scott - English poetry - 1815 - 460 pages
...the sea-snakes in Mr Coleridge's wild, but highly poetical ballad •f the Ancient Mariner : — " Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes, They moved in tracks of shining white, .Ami when they reared, the elvish light Fell off in hoary flakes." Note X. Hewn in the rock, a passage...
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Sibylline Leaves: A Collection of Poems

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 330 pages
...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...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...
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