...too, desport after their own manner:— " Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water snakes ; They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they...swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire." " Ancient Mariner.' The subject of the annexed illustration is the common slender Spider Crab (Stenorynchus...

...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...reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. By the light o! the Moon li beholdeth God' creatures of Hi great calm. Their beauty and their happiness....

...description of Coleridge, and felt all its beauty : — " They moved in tracks of shining white, Aud when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary...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."...

...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...the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire ; And envieth that they should live, and so many lie dead. But the curse liveth for him in the eye...

...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...the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire ; And envieth that they should live, and so many lie dead. But the curse liveth for him in the eye...

...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...reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. By the li«ht "f the Moon he beholdeth fkxi's creatures of the great calm. " Within the shadow of the...

...water burnt alway A still and awful red. " Beyond the shadow nf the ship I watched the water snakes : They moved in tracks of shining white ; And when they...swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. HAND-BOOK OF ENGLISH- LITERATURE. "O happy living thing* ' no tongue Their beauty might declare ; A...

...moving Moon went up the sky, And nowhere did abide: Softly she was going up, And a star or two beside. " Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes...reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden...

...; caiiil? "''" And when they reared, the clüsh light Fell oil' in hoary Hakes. Within the shallow of the ship I wa Hash of golden fire. T1'cirlîX 0 happy living things ! no tongue ««• Their beauty might declare...

...water-snakes ; creatures They moved in tracks of shining white ; of the great . . . ( 1,1 i/, t i. i calm. r still, Even in extremity of ill. By Yarrow's stream...withered cheek ; Still lay my head by Teviot stone, Th Theirbeau- Q happy living things ! no tongue happiness. Their beauty might declare ; A spring of love...