 I looked to heaven, and tried to pray; But or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids, and kept them close, And the balls like pulses beat; For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky, Lay...  Eighth Reader - Page 138by Walter Lowrie Hervey, Melvin Hix - 1918 - 488 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Poetry - 1798 - 240 pages
...away ; I look'd upon the eldritch deck, And there the dead. men lay. I look'd to Heaven, and try'd to pray ;, But or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came and made My heart as dry as dust. I clos'd my lids and kept them close, Till the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1800 - 270 pages
...eyes away ; I look'd upon the ghastly deck, And there the. dead men lay. I look'd to Heaven, and try'd to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came and made My heart as dry as dust. I clos'd my lids and kept them close, Till the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 356 pages
...away; ' I look'd upon the eldritch deck, ' And there the dead men lay. * I look'd to Heaven, and try'd to pray; ' But or ever a prayer had gusht, ' A wicked...whisper came and made ' My heart as dry as dust. ' I clos'd my lids and kept them close, ' Till the balls like pulses beat; , * For the sky and the sea,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 282 pages
...eyes away ; I look'd upon the ghastly deck, And there the dead men lay. I look'd to Heaven, and try'd to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came and made My heart as dry as dust. I clos'd my lids and kept them close, Till the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Ballads - 1805 - 284 pages
...— and so did I. I looked upon the rotting Sea, And drew my eyes away ; I looked upon the ghastly deck, And there the dead men lay. I looked to Heaven,...dry as dust. I closed my lids and kept them close, Till the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky Lay like a load... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1805 - 284 pages
...— and so did I. I looked upon the rotting Sea, And drew my eyes away ; I looked upon the ghastly deck, And there the dead men lay. I looked to Heaven,...dry as dust. I closed my lids and kept them close, Till the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky Lay like a load... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 334 pages
...rotting sea, And drew my eyes away; I look'd upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay. I look'd to Heaven, and tried to pray; But or ever a prayer...and kept them close, And the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky The cold sweat melted &om their limbs, Nor rot nor... | |
 | England - 1834 - 918 pages
...beautiful ! And they all dead did lie : And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on ; and so did I. " I looked upon the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away...heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gush'd, A wickt'd whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. " 1 closed my lids, and kept them... | |
 | Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...rotting sea, And drew my eyes away ; I look'd upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay. I look'd to Heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer...lids, and kept them close, And the balls like pulses heat ; For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky Lay, like a cloud, on my weary eye, And the... | |
 | Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1828 - 386 pages
...rotting sea, that they ATI should live, And drew my eyes away ; and so many - * , , , , , lie dead. I looked upon the rotting deck, And there the dead...and kept them close, And the balls like pulses beat; For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky Lay like a load on my weary eye, And the dead were... | |
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