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
| John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...prow their own forms Those crimson shadows were . of light. ' I turned my eyes upon the deck — • O Christ ! what saw I there ! " Each corse lay flat,...corse there stood. " This seraph-band, each waved his hanaIt was a heavenly sight ! They stood as signals to the land, Each one a lovely light ; " This seraph-band,... | |
| Spiritualism - 1866 - 586 pages
...with silent light from their radiant forms. As the Ancient Mariner turned his eyes upon the deck, Oh, 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... | |
| John Ruskin - 1866 - 244 pages
...parcel of the purest sky." • Hooker, Book V. Chap. I. § i. •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 poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...from the prow *,"frowl Those crimson shadows were : of light. I 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 sight... | |
| Emma Hardinge Britten - Spiritualism - 1870 - 608 pages
...who has yet penetrated ? CHAPTER XLV. SPIRITUALISM DURING THE GREAT AMERICAN CIVIL WAR OF 1861-5. " 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, No voice they did impart... | |
| Emma Hardinge Britten - Spiritualism - 1870 - 644 pages
...who has yet penetrated ? CHAPTER XLV. SPIRITUALISM DURING THE GREAT AMERICAN CIVIL WAR OF 1861-5. " Each corse lay flat, lifeless and flat ; And, by the holy rood, A man alt light, a seraph man. On every corse there stood. This seraph-band, e_ach waved his hand, No voice... | |
| Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...A little distance from the prow Those crimson shadows were : I turned my eyes upon the deck — Oh, Christ ! what saw I there ! " Each corse lay flat,...lifeless and flat ; And, by the holy rood ! A man all bght, a seraph-man, On every corse there stood. "This seraph-band, each waved his hand ; It was a heavenly... | |
| John Wesley Hales - 1872 - 552 pages
...little distance from the prow Those crimson shadows were : 485 I turned my eyes upon the deck — Oh, Christ ! what saw I there ! "Each corse lay flat,...by the holy rood ! A man all light, a seraph-man, 490 On every corse there stood. "This seraph-band, each waved his hand, It was a heavenly sight ! They... | |
| American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...rood ! Л man all light, a seraph man, On every corse there stood. This seraph band, each waved his idely its agencies vary, — To save, — to ruin, — to curse, seraph band each waved his hand ; No voice did they impart, — No voice ; but 0, the silence sank... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1873 - 472 pages
...little distance from the prow Those crimson shadows were : I turned my eyes upon the deck — . Oh, Christ ! what saw I there ! Each corse lay flat, lifeless...sight ! They stood as signals to the land, Each one lovely light : This seraph-band, each waved his hand, No voice did they impart — No voice ; but oh... | |
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