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...spread; But where the ship's huge shadow lay, 305 The charmed water burnt alway A still and awfi1l red. Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes: They moved in tracks of shining white, 3 10 And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship...

...Moon, he Beyond the shadow of the ship, beholdeth God's creatures of the j watched the water -snakes: They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they...swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. Their beauty and their happiness. O happy living things! no tongue Their beauty might declare: A spring...

...A still and awful red. 270 By the light of the Moon he beholdclh God's creatures of the great calm. Beyond the shadow of the ship; I watched the water-snakes:...off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship 1 watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every...

...a medley of elements drawn from widely diverse sources, can give rise to stanzas as limpid as this: Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes:...reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. As for computational models wherein order arises out of chaos, think of the pipeline-program outlined...

...bloodily — red in the ship's shadow (269—7i), he turns his attention to the water snakes, which moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Looking more closely, he notes also, . . . their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black,...

...alway A still and awful red. By the light of the Moon he beholdeth God's creatures of the great calm. Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes:...swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. 194 SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE He blesseth them in his heart. 0 happy living things! no tongue Their beauty...

...spread; but 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:...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,...

...Coleridge may also have recalled descriptions in a more deliberate way. Beyond the shadow of the ship, 335 I watched the water-snakes: They moved in tracks of...Blue, glossy green, and velvet black. They coiled and swa1n; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. One might think that Coleridge created these lines...

...discovers a sudden beauty in the 'slimy things with legs': Within the shadow of the ship 1 watch'd their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet...swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. 'The Ancient Mariner' (1798, 269-73; 1800, 271-5) This association, coupled with the polysyllabic richness...