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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... "
The Works of Professor Wilson of the University of Edinburgh: Essays ... - Page 340
by John Wilson - 1857
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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 track...
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The Naval Chronicle, Volume 2

James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones - Europe - 1799 - 714 pages
...shadow of the Ship I watch'd their rich attire : Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coil'd and swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. O happy Kving things ! no tongue Their beanty might declare : A spring of love gush'd from my heart, And I...
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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 track...
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Sibylline Leaves: A Collection of Poems

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 330 pages
...the great calm. \ Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watch'd the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish...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 track...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 6

England - 1820 - 774 pages
...still and awful red. Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watch'd the watcr-snakei : Thry moved ID tract* of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish...light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of tin ship 1 walch'd their rich attire : Blue, glossy green, and velvet block, They coiled and swam ;...
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Sibylline Leaves: A Collection of Poems

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 334 pages
...of the great calm. Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watch'd the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. t ' Within the shadow of the ship I watch'd their rich attire : Blue, glossy green, and velvet black,...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 6

1820 - 784 pages
...lay, The charmed water burnt alway A still and awful red. Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watch'd the water-snakes : They moved in tracts 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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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 6

1820 - 496 pages
...water-makes: They moved in tracka of shilling white. And wh< n they reared, the elfish light Fell of in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire : Blue, glossy green, awl velvet blaek. They coi.ed and swam ; and every track Wat a Oath of golden 8rr. 0 happy living things...
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