 | 1821
...when they reared, 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...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,... | |
 | 1820
...black, They coiled and swum ; and every track Was a flash of gold en lire. 0 happy living things ! BO tongue Their beauty might declare : A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I blessed them unaware ! »»*«•*• Around, around, flew each sweet sound, Then darted to the Sun : Slowly the sounds... | |
 | Cabinet - 1824 - 420 pagina’s
...when they reared, 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...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... | |
 | 1828
...white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship 1 watched their rich attire : Blue, glossy green, and...them unaware. Sure my kind saint took pity on me, And 1 blessed them unaware. The selfsame moment 1 could pray; And from my neck so free The albatross fell... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1828
...in tracks of shining white, ^ £nhe And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich...swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. auty o happy living things ! no tongue happiness. Their beauty might declare : A spring of love gushed... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 788 pagina’s
...when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watch'd e * () happy living things! no tongue Their beauty might declare : A spring of love gusht from my heart,... | |
 | 1829
...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...no tongue Their beauty might declare : A spring of lovegush'd from my heart. And I bless'd them unaware ! Saw my kind saint took pity on me, And I bless'd... | |
 | Cowper Rose - 1829 - 308 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
...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... | |
 | 1834
...moved in tracts of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish lighi Fell off in hoary flakes. " Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich...took pity on me, And I blessed them unaware. " The selfsame moment I could pray ; And from my neck so free The Albatross fell off, and sank Like lead... | |
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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... 
