 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
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1836 - 170 pagina’s
...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...golden fire. O happy living things ! no tongue " Their boauty might declare : A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I blessed them unaware 9 : Sure my... | |
 | 1836 - 646 pagina’s
...sea-snakes, whose movements during the nigh t 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.' When the Sunday came:— " In the forenoon,... | |
 | 1836 - 636 pagina’s
...sea-snakes, whose movements during the nigh t 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.' When the Sunday came : — " In the forenoon,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1838 - 492 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... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1838 - 634 pagina’s
...and velvet black, They coil'd and swam; and every track Wa> a flash of golden fire. J^Ikb('tuW«nd O happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might declare : A spring of love gush'd from my heart, And I bless'd them unaware : Sure my kind saint took pity on me, And I bless'd... | |
 | 1839 - 272 pagina’s
...reared, the elfish light Fell off iu hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship, I watched their gay attire ; Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They...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,... | |
 | 1839 - 532 pagina’s
...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 gay attire ; Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam, and every track Was a flash... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1840 - 582 pagina’s
...watch'd the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of shining while, And when they rear'd, the elfish ligh rowded with new watch'd their rich attire : Blue, glossy green, and velvet black They coil'd and swam ; and ever track... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - 1841 - 662 pagina’s
...Ancient Mariner" first relents and softens at the spectacle of ocean's happy sportive tribes : — '- O happy living things ! No tongue Their beauty might...declare : A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I bleued them unaware !"* Complacency may also rest upon what is abject and gross : it may long for that... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pagina’s
...watched the water snakes : They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light nvied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe 0 happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might declare : A spring of love gushed from my heart.... | |
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