 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...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Página 5661834Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | Half hours - 1856 - 444 páginas
...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, They coiled and swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. 0 happy living... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 páginas
...watehed 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 watehed their rich attire : Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam ; and every... | |
 | 1919 - 1066 páginas
...rufulus, — olive and pink in color, is almost incomparably beautiful. One recalls Coleridge's lines: Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich...living things! no tongue Their beauty might declare. Were it not for the fact that snakes are wholesale and consistent cannibals, these creatures would... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1857 - 126 páginas
...» ri • • i- • 1 hey moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. "Within the shadow of the...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... | |
 | 1857 - 336 páginas
...floating in his sight ; and when from h ifar off, beblessing upon them, — ' nething in mist, and "0 happy living things! no tongue » Their beauty might...blessed them unaware. Sure my kind saint took pity on mo, And I blessed them unaware : " The selfsame moment I could pray !" The utterance of prayer brings... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 páginas
...happiness of the animals floating in his sight ; and when from his lips breaks a blessing upon them, — " O happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might declare. A spring of love gush'd from my heart, And 1 bless'd them unaware. Sure my kind saint took pity on me, And I bless'd... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1858 - 536 páginas
...all its beauty : — " 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, glassy green, and velvet black: They curled, and swam, and every track Was a flash of golden lire."... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 610 páginas
...glossy green, and velvet black, They coil'd and swam ; and every track Was a Sash of golden fire. " 0 happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might declare : A spring of love gush'd from my heart, And I bless'd them unaware : Sure my kind star took pity on me, And I bless'd... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 588 páginas
...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 - 1858 - 588 páginas
...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... | |
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