 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 - Page 5661834Full view - About this book
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - Children's literature, English - 1854 - 332 pages
...ANCIENT MAEI1TEE. 173 They 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. 0 happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might declare : A spring of love gushed from my heart,... | |
 | Melchior Yvan - Voyages and travels - 1854 - 386 pages
...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...swam : and every track Was a flash of golden fire. 0 happy living things ! no tongue t Their beauty might declare : A spring of love gushed from my heart,... | |
 | William Henry Harvey - 1854 - 350 pages
...moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary Hakes. " Within the 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."... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 496 pages
...watch'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 watch'd their rich attire; Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coil'd and swam : and every track... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...God's ,They moved In tracks of shining white, Seagx«20 And when they reared, the elfish light calm* Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the...of golden fire, O happy living things ! no tongue ?h™VS Their beauty might declare : happiness. A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I blessed... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1855 - 478 pages
...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...swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. ,45 happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might declare ; A spring of love gusht from my heart,... | |
 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...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...Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swarp , and every track Was a flash of golden fire. O happy living things ' no tongue Their beauty... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - Marine animals - 1855 - 196 pages
...moved in tracks of shining' white, And when they reared, the elfin light Fell off in hoary flakes. 0 happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might...gushed from my heart, And I blessed them unaware. COLERIDGE'S Ancient Mariner. GLAUCTJS; OB, THE WONDERS OF THE SHORE. Totr are going down, perhaps,... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1855 - 202 pages
...tracks of shining white, And when they rear'd, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. * * » * 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. COLERIDGE'S Ancient Mariner. GLAUCUS; OB, THE WONDERS... | |
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