| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1868 - 714 страници
...water burnt alway A still and awful red. 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. By the light o! the Moon li beholdeth God' creatures of Hi great calm. Their beauty and their happiness.... | |
| Hugh Miller - 1869 - 528 страници
...description of Coleridge, and felt all its beauty : — " They moved in tracks of shining white, Aud when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary...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."... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1870 - 530 страници
...water burnt alway A still and awful red. Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they...the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire ; And envieth that they should live, and so many lie dead. But the curse liveth for him in the eye... | |
| Bernard Smith - 1992 - 290 страници
...account should be compared with the stanza: 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. Forster's graphic description compares well with the descriptions from Bourzes91 and from Cook's third... | |
| Jack Stillinger - 1994 - 268 страници
...load] cloud 1817u (corrected to load in 1817c and by hand in 1817 Copies A, B, C, E, F, H, J, L, M) 275 And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in...rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, 280 They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. O happy living things! no tongue... | |
| Patrick J. Keane - 1994 - 452 страници
...111*1 fillip 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... | |
| Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 страници
...beholdeth God's creatures of the great calm. Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes: They moved in tracks of shining white. And when they...swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. 280 Their beauty and their happiness. He blesseth them in hrs heart. O happy living things! no tongue... | |
| Warren Stevenson - 1996 - 166 страници
...Coleridge is once more anticipating the apocalyptic moment when the Mariner blesses the water snakes: blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled...swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. (278-80) Coleridge is saying we cannot apprehend God directly, but only indirectly, through his creatures,... | |
| Nancy Dean - 2000 - 164 страници
...beautiful! And they all dead did lie: And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on; and so did I. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich...swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Discuss: 1. These stanzas from "The Rime... | |
| Anne Primavesi - 2000 - 222 страници
...corpses of those who have died of thirst, watches the water snakes moving in tracks of shining white: Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich...green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and everv track Was a Hash of golden fire. C) happy living things! No tongue Their beauty might declare:... | |
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