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 Ruskin - 1887 - 664 pages
...planet shall retire, For it is heavenly born and cannot die, Being a parcel of the purest sky." * " Each corse lay flat, lifeless 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... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1887 - 308 pages
...And appear in T , » , ,1 j^.i, a their own forms I turned ray eyes upon the deck— \ of light. Oh, Christ ! what saw I there ! § Each corse lay flat, lifeless and flat, s And, by £he holy rood ! 1 A man all light, a seraph-man, On every corse there stood. This seraph-band,... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1888 - 330 pages
...the prow And "PPcar Those crimson shadows were : foras'of Hght 1 turned my eyes upon the deck — Oh, Christ ! what saw I there ! Each corse lay flat, lifeless...land, Each one a lovely light : This seraph-band, each wared his hand, Xo voice did they impart — IV'o voice; hut oh ! the silence sank Like music on my... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1888 - 328 pages
...in their owu ihose crimson shadows were : forrasoflight 1 turned my eyes upon the deck — • Oh, Christ ! what saw I there !' Each corse lay flat,...there stood. This seraph-band, each waved his hand, No voice did they impart — No voice; but oh ! the silence sank Like music on my heart. But soon I... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1888 - 698 pages
...prow rn their owi . forms of Those crimson shadows were: '" I turn'd 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 light, a seraph-mnn, On every corse there stood. This seraph-band, each waved his hand : It was a heavenly sight... | |
| John Ruskin - Aesthetics - 1888 - 336 pages
...for "lowering" ed. I has, " evaporating." P. 128 (i'A., 32), note 2. Ed. i quotes eight lines: — " Each corse lay flat, lifeless and flat, And by the holy rood A man all light," etc. P. 129 (iii. I, 15, i), I. 2, "however scanty," ed. i has, "though most feeble in its grasp, and... | |
| John Wesley Hales - Authors, English - 1889 - 442 pages
...little distance from the prow Those crimson shadows were : 4.85 I tnrned my eyes npon the deck — Oh, Christ! what saw I there! "Each corse lay flat, lifeless...by the holy rood ! A man all light, a seraph-man, 49O On every corse there stood. "This seraph-hand, each waved his hand, It was a heavenly sight ! They... | |
| John Ruskin - 1889 - 638 pages
...native planet shall retire, For it is heavenly born and cannot die, Being a parcel of the purest sky." " Each corse lay flat, lifeless 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... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - English poetry - 1889 - 248 pages
...A little distance from the prow Those crimson shadows were : I turned my eyes upon the deck, — 0 Christ ! what saw I there ? Each corse lay flat, lifeless and flat, And, by the holy rood ! And appear in . , . . , , their own fornu A man all light, a seraph-man, of light On every corse... | |
| Eugene O'Neill - Drama - 1988 - 458 pages
...masks of angels, white robes, haloes. A dazzling light surrounds them, seeming to proceed from them. Each corse lay flat, lifeless and flat, And, by the...all light, a seraph-man, On every corse there stood. The Chorus of spirits signal to the land, waving their arms and swaying their bodies in unison. This... | |
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