 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
 | 1857 - 336 pages
...heautiful ! And they all dead did He ; And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on ; and so did I ! "I looked upon the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away...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... | |
 | Henry Reed - English poetry - 1857 - 424 pages
...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, Lay like a load on my weary eye, And the dead were... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 466 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 wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids, and kept them close,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 448 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 wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids, and kept them close,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 454 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 wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids, and kept them close,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Poetry - 1857 - 126 pages
...dead did lie: And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on ; and so did I. He despiseth the creatures of the calm. " I looked upon the rotting sea, And...upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay. And envieth that they should live, and so many lie dead. " I looked to heaven, and tried to pray ;... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - English poetry - 1857 - 432 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...upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay. * For the last two lines of this stanza, I am indebted to Mr. Wordsworth. It was on a delightful walk... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - English poetry - 1857 - 426 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...upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay. * For the last two lines of this stanza, I am indebted to Mr. Wordsworth. It was on a delightful walk... | |
 | 1858 - 460 pages
...and so did I. And tori- I looked upon the rotting sea, fhViJoaid And drew my eyes away ; m'n'ut "° I looked upon the rotting deck, • And there the...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... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1858 - 792 pages
...Dulvcrton, with him and his sister, in the autumn of 1797, that this poem was planned, and in part composed. I looked to heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever...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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