 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...  Spirit of the English Magazines - Seite 1131828Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 448 Seiten
...spread ; But where the ship's huge shadow lay, The charmed water burnt alway A still and awful red. Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes : They moved in tracts of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 454 Seiten
...spread ; But where the ship's huge shadow lay, The charmed water burnt alway A still and awful red. Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes : They moved in tracts of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 466 Seiten
...spread ; But where the ship's huge shadow lay, The charmed water burnt alway A still and awful red. Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes : They moved in tracts of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 390 Seiten
...wild but highly poetical ballad of the Ancient Mariner: — " Beyond the shadow of the ship I watch'd the water-snakes, They moved in tracks of shining white. And when they rear'd, the elvish light Fell off in hoary flakes." 1 [MS. — " And, bursting round the vessel's sides,... | |
 | 1858 - 460 Seiten
...spread ; But where the ship's huge shadow lay, The charmed water burnt alway A still and awful red. Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes...off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire ; Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam ; and every... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1858 - 536 Seiten
...vessel's sides. I bethought me of the gorgeous description of Coleridge, and felt all its beauty : — " They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they...off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow -of the ship I watched their rich attire, — Blue, glassy green, and velvet black: They curled, and swam, and every... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 588 Seiten
...the water-makes : THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE. They moved 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 : I'.lur, glossy green, and velvet black, They coil'd and swnm ; and every... | |
 | Thomas Rymer Jones - 1858 - 588 Seiten
...the azure, gold, and silver rain of the pyrotechnist : — " Beyond the shadow of the ship I watch' d the water-snakes : They moved 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 wateh'd their... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1860 - 532 Seiten
...bethought me of the gorgeous description of Coleridge, and felt all its beauty : — " They moved iirtracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish...off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire, — Blue, glassy green, and velvet black : They curled, and swam, and... | |
 | John Harper - 1860 - 480 Seiten
...Coleridge alludes in the following passage : — '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 heavy flakes. 210 THE BEEOK. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attireBlue, glossy... | |
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