| Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 256 psl.
...Like April hoar-frost spread ; But where the ship's huge shadow lay, The charmed water burnt alway " Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes...velvet black, They coiled and swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. " O happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might declare : A spring... | |
| Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 860 psl.
...main, Like April hoarfrost spread ; But where the ship's huge shadow lay The charmed water burnt alway t perceive ; \ + \Vas a flash of golden fire. ' О happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might declare : A spring... | |
| 1876 - 1000 psl.
...Like April hoar-frost 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...velvet black, They coiled and swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. Oh happy living things! no tongue Their beauty might declare ; A spring... | |
| John Wesley Hales - 1878 - 772 psl.
...the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of shining white. And when they reared, the elfish light 275 Fell off in hoary flakes. " Within the shadow of the...fire. " O happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might declare : A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I blessed them unaware : . 285 Sure my kind... | |
| David Charles Bell - 1879 - 556 psl.
...to pray ; but, or ever a prayer had gushed, A wicked whisper came, and made my heart aa dry as dust. Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes...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 !... | |
| Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 psl.
...ship's huge shadow lay, The charmed water burnt alway, A still and awful red. CREATURES OF THE CALM. BEYOND the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes...velvet black, They coiled and swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. O happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might declare ; A spring... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 psl.
...April hoar-frost spread ; But where the ship's huge shadow lay The charmed water burnt alway, A gtill and awful red. Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched...light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the sh , Wag a flash of golden fire. 0 happy living things! no tongue Their beauty might declare ; A spring... | |
| Coventry Patmore - 1882 - 376 psl.
...moving Moon went up the sky, And nowhere did abide : Softly she was going up, And a star or two besida " Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes...velvet black, They coiled and swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. " O happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might declare : A spring... | |
| Gems - 1884 - 408 psl.
...main, Like April hoarfrost spread ; But where the ship's huge shadow lay, The charmed water burned away A still and awful red. Beyond the shadow of the ship...velvet black, They coiled and swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. Oh, happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might declare : A spring... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1884 - 56 psl.
...huge shadow lay, The charmed water burnt alway A still and awful red. Beyond the shadow of the skip, I watched the water-snakes: They moved in tracks of...velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. O happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might declare : A spring... | |
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