 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 332 pages
...Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes ; THE EHr&DB OF THE ANCIENT MAEI1TEE. 173 They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they...swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. 0 happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might declare : A spring of love gushed from my heart,... | |
 | William Henry Harvey - 1854 - 350 pages
...notion of their singular beauty : — " 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 Hakes. " Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire : Blue, glossy-green, and velvet... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 496 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 watch'd their rich attire; Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coil'd and swam : and every track... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 pages
...God's ,They moved In tracks of shining white, Seagx«20 And when they reared, the elfish light calm* Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the...of golden fire, O happy living things ! no tongue ?h™VS Their beauty might declare : happiness. A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I blessed... | |
 | 1855 - 458 pages
...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 white, And when they...Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swarp , and every track Was a flash of golden fire. O happy living things ' no tongue Their beauty... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1855 - 196 pages
...faithfully, C. KINGSLEY. BIDEFORD, April 24, 1855. BEYOND the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of shining' white, And when they reared, the elfin light Fell off in hoary flakes. 0 happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might declare... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...water burnt alway A still and awful red. Beyond the shadow of tho ship I watehed the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of shining white; And when they...off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watehed their rich attire : Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam ; and every... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 444 pages
...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 ship I watched their rich attire : Blue, glossy green, aud velvet black,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 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... | |
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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... 
