 They slept on the abyss without a surge The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave, The moon their mistress had expired before; The winds were withered in the stagnant air, And the clouds perish'd; Darkness had no need Of aid from them - She was...  Prolusiones - Страница 10по Marlborough coll - 1880Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | S. S. Hamill - 1879 - 392 страници
...death, a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred wiihin their silent depths. Ships, sailorless, lay rotting...abyss, without a surge, The waves were dead; the tides wore in their grave' The moon, their mistress, had expired before ; The winds were withered in the... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh - 1892 - 1114 страници
...draw, —namely, the ships floating without living hands to guide them : Ships sailorless lay rolling on the sea. And their masts fell down piecemeal ;...abyss without a surge, — The waves were dead : the earth bein£ blank, and one or two other circumstances. On soberly considering the matter, I am entirely... | |
 | William S. Walsh - 1892 - 1116 страници
...them : And their masts fell down piecemeal; as they dropped Ships sail or less lay rolling on the sea. They slept on the abyss without a surge,— The waves were dead: the earth being blank, and one or two other circumstances. On soberly considering the matter, 1 am entirely... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1896 - 692 страници
...lump, Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless — A lump of death — a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths; 75 Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal; as they dropp'd They... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1898 - 112 страници
...clay. The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirr'd within their silent depths; 75 Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal; as they dropp'd, They slept on the abyss without a surge — The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1900 - 492 страници
...of death — a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirr'd within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay...sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropp'd, They slept on the abyss without a surge — The waves were dead ; the tides were in their... | |
 | Robert Routledge - 1903 - 882 страници
...lump, Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless — A lump of death — a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths. • • • » • • The waves were dead : the tides were in their grave, The Moon, their mistress,... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - 1904 - 942 страници
...of death — a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still. And nothing stirr'd within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay...sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal : as they dropp'd They slept on the abyss without a surge — The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave,... | |
 | John Smith Sewall - 1905 - 296 страници
...which was not all a dream " sounds almost like the work of a newspaper reporter writing up the details: "The rivers, lakes and ocean all stood still, And...depths ; Ships sailorless, lay rotting on the sea." Macao alone was excepted, and that because the Portuguese colonists were presumed to be competent to... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - 1905 - 344 страници
...of death — a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirr'd within their silent depths; Ships sailorless lay rotting...sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal : as they dropp'd They slept on the abyss without a surge — The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave,... | |
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