 | Sherard Osborn - 1865 - 576 Seiten
...vividly to my mind the lines of Coleridge : — " Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, — 'Twos sad as sad could be ; And we did speak only to break...the boards did shrink ; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink." " How," said he, " we used to sit and watch the setting sun, and darkness closing... | |
 | Enaeas Sweetland Dallas - 1866 - 362 Seiten
...Coleridge's description of the silent sea : it is neither dramatic nor beautiful, but weird and poetical : Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'Twas...breath nor motion ; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. CHA1TEU Water, water, everywhere, X11I. And all the boards did shrink ; — Water,... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 Seiten
...silent sea. The ship hath " Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt been suddenly jown — becalmed ; 'Twas sad as sad could be ; And we did speak only...breath nor motion ; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. And the Alba- " Water, water everywhere, tross begins to be And a]l the boards did... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1866 - 408 Seiten
...sails dropt down, 'Twas sad as sad could be ; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath...all the boards did shrink ; Water, water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink About, about, in reel and rout, The death-fires danced at night ; The water,... | |
 | 1866 - 408 Seiten
...sails dropt down, 'Twas sad as sad eould be ; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath...all the boards did shrink ; Water, water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink About, about, in reel and rout, The death-fires danced at night ; The water,... | |
 | Scottish School-Book Association (Edinburgh) - 1868 - 152 Seiten
...speak only to break The silence of the sea. All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody sun at noon, Bight up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the moon....all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, And not a drop to drink. SECTION V. LESSONS FROM THE HISTORY OF SCOTLAND. I. — England and Scotland... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 Seiten
...were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. Down dropped the breeze, the sails dropped dowc 'Twas sad as sad could be; And we did speak only to...breath nor motion > As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. The very deep did rot: — O Christ! That ever this should be I Yea, slimy things... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1869 - 204 Seiten
...could be ; hath been ^nd we did speak only to break suddenly r J becalmed. The silence of the sea ! r All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon,...breath nor motion ; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. And the Al- Water, water, everywhere, batross be- And ail the boards did shrink ;... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 Seiten
...places. Cyprus was the source of this one, that inland, in the Roman times, being rich in this metal. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath...the boards did shrink ; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. The very deep did rot :— O Christ ! That ever this should be ! Yea, slimy... | |
 | Max Kaluza - 1978 - 428 Seiten
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Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down 'Twas sad as sad could be; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea! All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day,... 
