 Christ! what saw I there! Each corse lay flat, lifeless and flat, And, by the holy rood! A man all light, a seraph-man, On every corse there stood. This seraph-band, each waved his hand: It was a heavenly sight! They stood as signals to the land, Each...  Sibylline Leaves: A Collection of Poems - Page 32by Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 303 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1855 - 478 pages
...came. A little distance from the prow Those crimson shadows were : 1 turned my eyes upon the deck — O Christ ! what saw I there ? Each corse lay flat, lifeless...all light, a seraph-man. On every corse there stood. They stood as signals to the land, Each one a lovely light. This seraph-band, each waved big hand ;... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...prow Those crimson shadows were : I turned my eyes upon the deck — Oh, Christ ! what saw I there 1 Each corse lay flat, lifeless and flat And, by the...corse there stood. This seraph-band, each waved his haad : It was a heavenly sight ! They stood as signals to the land, Each one a lovely light ; This... | |
 | John Ruskin - ART - 1856 - 252 pages
...book v. chap. i. § 2. 1 " A man all light, a seraph man, By every corse there stood. This seraph band each waved his hand, It was a heavenly sight ; They...as signals to the land, Each one a lovely light." Ancient Mariner. CHAPTER XV. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS RESPECTING THE THEORETIC FACULTY. OF the sources of... | |
 | 1857 - 336 pages
...the wood on the seashore, thus giving the mariner over to the care of his fellow human beings : — " Each corse lay flat, lifeless and flat ; And, by the...his hand : No voice did they impart, — No voice ; hut, oh ! the silence sank Like music on my heart." The poem of " Christahel" is a more pleasing... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1858 - 610 pages
...Christ ! what saw I there 1 " Each corse lay flat, lifelees and flat, And by the holy rood I A man of light, a seraph-man, On every corse there stood. " This seraph-band, each waved his band, It was a heavenly sight 1 They stood as signals to the land, Each one a lovely light ; 158 159... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1858 - 588 pages
...prow Those crimson shadows were : 1 turn'd my eyes upon the deck — О Christ I what saw I there 1 " Each corse lay flat, lifeless and flat, And by the holy rood 1 A man of light, a seraph-man, On every corse there stood. " This seraph-band, each wared his hand,... | |
 | Henry Reed - English poetry - 1860 - 322 pages
...seashore, thus giving the mariner over to the care of his fellow human beings : — " Each corse lay fiat, lifeless and flat ; And, by the holy rood ! A man...waved his hand: No voice did they impart, — No voice j but, oh ! the silence sank Like music on my heart." The poem of " Christabel" is a more pleasing... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...A little distance from the prow Those crimson shadows were : I turn'd my eyes upon the deck— Oh, Christ ! what saw I there ! " Each corse lay flat,...his hand : It was a heavenly sight ! They stood as siguals to the land, Each one a lovely light ; " This seraph-band, each waved his hand, No voice did... | |
 | John Ruskin - Aesthetics - 1862 - 240 pages
...Being a parcel of the purest sky." « Hooker, Book V. Chap. I. § 5. -f " Each corse lay flat, life.ess and flat, And by the holy rood, A man all light, a seraph man By every corse there stood. This seraph band, each waved his hand, It was a heavenly sight;... | |
 | English poetry - 1863 - 392 pages
...prow thcir own tbmiR of light. Those crimson shadows were : 1 turned my eyes upon the deck — Oh, Christ ! what saw I there ! " Each corse lay flat,...and flat, And by the holy rood ! A man all light, a seraph man, On every corse there stood. " This seraph-band, each waved his hand, It was a heavenly... | |
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