| 1919 - 1066 страници
...rufulus, — olive and pink in color, is almost incomparably beautiful. One recalls Coleridge's lines: Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich...living things! no tongue Their beauty might declare. Were it not for the fact that snakes are wholesale and consistent cannibals, these creatures would... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 448 страници
...poetical ballad of the Ancient Mariner: — ' Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes, They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elvish light Fell off hi hoary flakes.' NOTEK. 4 Eeum in the rock, a passage (here Sought the dark... | |
| Hugh Miller - 1858 - 536 страници
...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...-of the ship I watched their rich attire, — Blue, glassy green, and velvet black: They curled, and swam, and every track Was a flash of golden lire."... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 588 страници
...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 страници
...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 rich attire ; Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coil'd and s\vnm, and every... | |
| Hugh Miller - 1860 - 532 страници
...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...of the ship I watched their rich attire, — Blue, glassy green, and velvet black : They curled, and swam, and every track Was a flash of golden fire."... | |
| John Harper - 1860 - 480 страници
...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... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1861 - 448 страници
...watched the water-snakes : eth God's . ... creatures of They moved in tracks of shining white, cairf.re"" And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in...swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. Their beau- Q happy living things ! no tongue ty and their _ .riv ° happiness. Their 'beauty might... | |
| Ellen Luscombe - 1861 - 184 страници
...reminded us of that beautiful passage in the Ancient Mariner so beloved by all marine naturalists — " Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich...They coiled and swam, and every track Was a flash of living fire. O happy living things ! no tongue This beauty might declare." So charming was the sight... | |
| Edward Bradley - 1861 - 444 страници
...watched the water-snakes ; They moved in tracks of shining light, And, when they reared, the elfish white Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship, I watched their rich aftirc ; * " On the Luminous Appearance of the Sea, caused by Noctiluca JuTiaris," by JW Lawraucc,... | |
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