 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
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1868 - 714 pages
...thousand slimy things Lived on ; and so did I. And enrieth that they should live, and so many lie dead. 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 - 1869 - 204 pages
...-, , .. > that thej. And drew my eyes away ; should live, I looked upon the rotting deck, iSVead""'' And there the dead men lay. I looked to heaven, and...came, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my liils, and kept them close, And the balls like pulses beat : For the sky and the sea, and the sea and... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...my eyes away ; I looked upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay. and so many lie dead. " 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... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1870 - 530 pages
...and his sister, in the autumn of 1797, that this poem was planned, and in part composed. — Author. I looked upon the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away...heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gushed, A wicked whisper came and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids, and kept them close,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1870 - 264 pages
...and his sister, in the autumn of 1797, that this poem was planned, and in part composed. — Avtkor. I looked upon the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away...heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gushed, A wicked whisper came and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids, and kept them close,... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...beautiful ! And they all dead did lie ! And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on— and so did L "I looked upon the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away...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 dqr Lay like a load on... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...bodily life, and procecdetii to relate his horrible penance. He (lespiselh the creatures of the catín ; ps the heavy-blossomed bower, hangs the heavy-fruited camu, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids, and kept them close, And the balls like pulses... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...the ancient And every soul it passed me by, mariner. ... .11. f . „ Like the whiz of my cross-bow ! THESE SCENES OF PEACE. COME to these scenes of peace,...the summer sing, Where cares and toil and sadness ; For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky, Lay like a load on my weary eye, And the dead were... | |
 | American literature - 1872 - 660 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...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... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - American literature - 1872 - 658 pages
...beautiful I — 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...dust. " I closed my lids, and kept them close, And the halls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky, Lay like a load on my weary... | |
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