 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. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet...  First (-Sixth) illustrated reader - Page 241by Illustrated reader - 1874Full view - About this book
 | Half hours - 1856 - 444 pages
...spread ; And 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 : They moved in tracks of shining whita And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. 60 Within the shadow of the... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Poetry - 1857 - 126 pages
..."Beyond the shadow of the ship, 1 watched the water-snakes : т-ч_ j * » ri • • i- • 1 hey moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared,...swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. E Their btauty and "O happy living things! no tongue their Ьарршем. , . ., . . . 1 heir beauty... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 448 pages
...of the sea-snakes in Mr Coleridge's wild, but highly poetical ballad of the Ancient Mariner: — ' Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes,...tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elvish light Fell off hi hoary flakes.' NOTEK. 4 Eeum in the rock, a passage (here Sought the dark... | |
 | Hugh Miller - Geology - 1858 - 536 pages
...vessel's sides. I bethought me of the gorgeous description of Coleridge, and felt all its beauty : — " They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they...-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 lire."... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1858 - 588 pages
...the water-makes : THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE. 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 attire : I'.lur, glossy green, and velvet black, They coil'd and swnm ; and every... | |
 | Thomas Rymer Jones - Marine animals - 1858 - 588 pages
...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 wateh'd their rich attire ; Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coil'd and s\vnm, and every... | |
 | Hugh Miller - Geology - 1860 - 532 pages
...bethought me of the gorgeous description of Coleridge, and felt all its beauty : — " They moved iirtracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish...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."... | |
 | John Harper - Animal behavior - 1860 - 480 pages
...Coleridge alludes in the following passage : — '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 heavy flakes. 210 THE BEEOK. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attireBlue, glossy... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1861 - 448 pages
...watched the water-snakes : eth God's . ... creatures of They moved in tracks of shining white, cairf.re"" And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in...swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. Their beau- Q happy living things ! no tongue ty and their _ .riv ° happiness. Their 'beauty might... | |
 | Ellen Luscombe - 1861 - 184 pages
...reminded us of that beautiful passage in the Ancient Mariner so beloved by all marine naturalists — " Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich...They coiled and swam, and every track Was a flash of living fire. O happy living things ! no tongue This beauty might declare." So charming was the sight... | |
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