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... Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Pagina 5661834Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| British poets - 1828 - 838 pagina’s
...watch'd the water-snakes: They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light watch'd their rich attire : Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam ; and every... | |
| Cowper Rose - 1829 - 330 pagina’s
...surface of the water was illumed by their ever-radiant colours. Within the shadow of the ship, I watch 'd their rich attire, Blue, glossy green, and velvet...swam, and every track Was a flash of golden fire." A ship is the reverse of poetical, notwithstanding all that Cowper or Campbell can say about it. The... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1829 - 426 pagina’s
...every' track Was a flash of golden fire. and'thrir"''7 ^ naPPy living things ! no tongue happiness. Their beauty might declare: A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I blessed them unaware : ' "' them in his heart. Sure my kind saint took pity on me, And I blessed them unaware. The «peii... | |
| Cowper Rose - 1829 - 338 pagina’s
...colours. " Within the shadow of the ship, I watch'd their rich attire, Blue, glossy green, and velret black ; They coiled and swam, and every track Was a flash of golden fire." A ship is the reverse of poetical, notwithstanding all that Cowper or Campbell can say about it. The... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1829 - 575 pagina’s
...walch'tl the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of shining white. And when they rear'd, the elfish light QD n( SӢ d mT Y ۯ|9 M 6 0Կʮ S, x R @" watch'd their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coil'd and swam; and ev'ry track... | |
| 1829 - 558 pagina’s
...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 coiled and swam ; and every... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1831 - 628 pagina’s
...wateh'd the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of sliining white, And when they reor'd, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I wateh'd their rich attire : Blue, glossy green, and velvet black. They coil'd and swam ; and every... | |
| 1834 - 404 pagina’s
...' Within the slmdow of the ship, I watched their gay attire ; Blue, glossy green and velvet hlack, They coiled and swam, and every track Was a flash of golden fire.' It is in reality, difficult for the spectator to believe that all these varied and brilliant appearances,... | |
| Thomas Braidwood Wilson - 1835 - 396 pagina’s
...movements, especially during the night, were exceedingly beautiful. " Within the shadow of the boat, I watched their rich attire ; Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled, they swam, and every track Was a flash of golden fire." No untoward event occurred during the night,... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1836 - 496 pagina’s
...still and awful red. They moved in tracks of shining white ; And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the...tongue Their beauty might declare : A spring of love gusht from my heart, And I blessed them unaware ! Sure my kind saint took pity on me, And I blessed... | |
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