 | English literature - 1829 - 558 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 coiled and swam ; and every... | |
 | Cowper Rose - Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) - 1829 - 338 pages
...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 - 1831 - 628 pages
...the ship I wateh'd the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of sliining white, And when they reor'd, o the rough woods far aloof, In a basket, of grasses and wild flowers full wateh'd their rich attire : Blue, glossy green, and velvet black. They coil'd and swam ; and every... | |
 | 1834 - 404 pages
...Ancient Marinere :' * Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched tho water snakea ; They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. ' Within the slmdow of the ship, I watched their gay attire ; Blue, glossy green and velvet hlack, They coiled and... | |
 | Thomas Braidwood Wilson - Aboriginal Australians - 1835 - 396 pages
...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 - Poetry, Modern - 1836 - 170 pages
...still and awful red. Beyond the shadow of the ship7, I watched the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish...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 pages
...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,... | |
 | Books - 1836 - 636 pages
...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,... | |
 | Hatchway (lieut, R.N., pseud.) - 1838 - 922 pages
...of the see. » * » 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. COLERIDGE'S Ancient Manner. " DID you ever hear my story about the timber ship?" ask Dick Slender of... | |
 | 1839 - 532 pages
...Ancient Marinere. Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water snakes ; They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish...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... | |
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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... 
