 For them the Ceylon diver held his breath, And went all naked to the hungry shark; For them his ears gush'd blood; for them in death The seal on the cold ice with piteous bark Lay full of darts; for them alone did seethe A thousand men in troubles wide...  Titan - Pagina 1251857Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1839 - 446 pagina’s
...eyes, Many all day in dazzling river stood, To take the rich-ored drift ings of the flood. For them the Ceylon diver held his breath, And went all naked to the hungry shark ; For them his ears gushed blood ; for them in death The seal on the cold ice, with piteous bark, Lay... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1840 - 554 pagina’s
...Many all day in dazzling river stood, To take the rich-ored draftings of the flood. XV. For them the Ceylon diver held his breath, And went all naked to the hungry shark ; For them his ears gush'd blood ; for them in death The seal on the cold ice with piteous bark Lay... | |
 | John Keats - 1841 - 254 pagina’s
...eyes Many all day in dazzling river stood, To take the rich-ored driftings of the flood. For them the Ceylon diver held his breath, And went all naked to the hungry shark ; For them his ears gush'd blood ; for them in death The seal on the cold ice with piteous bark Lay... | |
 | John Keats - 1846 - 340 pagina’s
...as a verse in English tongue, An echo of thee in the north-wind sung. 2* ISABELLA. Xv. For them the Ceylon diver held his breath, And went all naked to the hungry shark ; For them his ears gush'd blood ; for them in death The seal on the cold ice with piteous bark Lay... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 pagina’s
...eyes; Many all day in dazzling river stood, To take the rich-ored driftings of the flood. For them the Ceylon diver held his breath, And went all naked to the hungry shark ; For them his ears gushed blood ; for them in death The seal on the cold ice with piteous bark Lay... | |
 | 1850 - 342 pagina’s
...eyes Many all day in dazzling river stood To take the rich-ored driftings of the flood. For them the Ceylon diver held his breath, And went all naked to the hungry shark — • For them his ears gushed blood ; for them in death The seal on the cold ice with piteous bark... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 pagina’s
...; Many all day in dazzling river stood, To take the rich-ored driftings of the flood. For them the Ceylon diver held his breath, And went all naked to the hungry shark ; For them his ears gushed blood ; for them in death The seal on the cold ice with piteous bark Lay... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1855 - 586 pagina’s
...vcry grateful. I could sit in his redcurtained back parlor for hours together, under a fusillade of tobacco-smoke, to hear him tell of the wonders of...that profession — when the poor Ceylon diver held bis breath, And went all uaked to the hungry shark; when stark nude athletes, with sponges dipped in... | |
 | John Keats - 1855 - 416 pagina’s
...Many all day in dazzling river stood, To take the rich-ored driftings of the flood. xv. For them the Ceylon diver held his breath, And went all naked to the hungry shark ; For them his ears gushed blood ; for them in death The seal on the cold ice with piteous bark Lay... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1872 - 618 pagina’s
...Many all day in dazzling rivers stood To take the rich-ored driftings of the flood. ' ' For them the Ceylon diver held his breath And went all naked to the hungry shark, For them his ears gushed blood ; for them in death The seal on the cold ice with piteous bark l*ay... | |
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