| Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 страници
...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...tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elflst light Fell off in hoary flakes. ' Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire... | |
| David Charles Bell - 1879 - 556 страници
...to pray ; but, or ever a prayer had gushed, A wicked whisper came, and made my heart aa dry as dust. Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes...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 ;... | |
| Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore - 1879 - 376 страници
...Moon went up the sky, And nowhere did abide : Softly she was going up, And a star or two besidei " Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes...tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam ;... | |
| Doris Eveline Faulkner Jones - 1982 - 244 страници
...depth of his heart he can first give to her his blessing ! "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 watch'd their rich... | |
| Eugene O'Neill - 1988 - 458 страници
...groan of pain over on his stomach and stares at the water. 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. He is suddenly exalted and weeps. He rises and makes... | |
| Bernard Smith - 1992 - 290 страници
...all possible haste to fly from the danger.90 Forster's account should be compared with the stanza: Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes:...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... | |
| Nicholas V. Riasanovsky - 1995 - 128 страници
...silent sky, And tell the stars, and tell yon rising sun Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.42 Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes:...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:... | |
| Sheila Hales - 1994 - 160 страници
...joy did grin, And all at once their breath drew in, As they were drinking all. Poetry Then and Now Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes:...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,... | |
| Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 страници
...alway A still and awful red, By the light of the Moon he beholdeth God's creatures of the great calm. Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes:...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,... | |
| Alan M. Beck, Aaron Honori Katcher - 1996 - 342 страници
...in the water about his ship, love for the beauty of animals he would never touch or tend in any way. Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes:...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,... | |
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