 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 414 pages
...wild, but highly poetical ballad of the Ancient Mariner : — " Beyond the shadow of the ship I watch'd the water-snakes, They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they rear'd, the elvish light Fell off in hoary flakes." VOL. V. 4 It seems as if old Ocean shakes From... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...alway A still and awful red. Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes ; etVd'od;; They moved in tracks of shining white, ££"«"' And when they reared, the elfish light Fell oif in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire ; Blue, glossy green,... | |
 | John Spence (jr.), Young physician - England - 1847 - 160 pages
...jumping their whole length out of the water, combing the waves, and seeming delighted with the foam. " Within the shadow of the ship, I watched their rich...Blue, glossy green and velvet black, They coiled and swain, and every track Was a flash of golden fire." LETTER NO. III. The Sea an object of Study —... | |
 | William Henry Harvey - Coastal animals - 1849 - 270 pages
...some 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...shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire : Blue, glossy-green, and velvet black They coiled and swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire."... | |
 | 1849 - 492 pages
...Coleridge, and felt all its beauty : " 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, glassy green, and velvet black : They curl'd and swam, and every... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1849 - 578 pages
...lay. The charmed water burnt alway A still and awful red. Beyond the shadow él" the ship I watch'd the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they rcar'd, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watch'd their rich... | |
 | Arts - 1850 - 268 pages
...animals sporting on the wave. Coleridge well describes this phenomenon in his ' Ancient Mariner :' ' Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes...shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire : Blue, glossy-green, and velvet-black, They coiled and swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.'... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - 782 pages
...animals sporting on the wave. Coleridge well describes this phenomenon in his ' Ancient Marnaer :' ' Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes...shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire : Blue, glossy-green, and velvet-black, They coiled and swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.'... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1850 - 764 pages
...TiT"^'!**™! They moved in tracks of shining tune of the creel white, """• And when they rear'd, ll around, Then eyed our cottage, watch'd their rich attire; Blue, glossy green..and velvet black, They coil'd and swam; and every track... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 644 pages
...creature's path." To this the words of Coleridge may well be applied : — " I watched the water snakes ; They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they...reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. * * * » And every track Was a flash of golden fire." In this genera, too, is included the matchless... | |
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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. 
