 | William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Poetry - 1798 - 240 pages
...only to break The silence of the Sea. 12 All in a hot and copper sky The bloody sun at noon, Eight up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, ne breath ne motion, As idle as a painted Ship Upon a painted Ocean. Water, water, every where And... | |
 | 1799 - 746 pages
...filence of the Sea. All in a hot and copper iky The bloody fun at noon, Right up above ihe maftdid ftand, No bigger than the moon. Day after day, day after day, We (luck, ne breath ne motion, As idle as a painfed Ship Upon a painted Ocean. Water, water, every where,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 356 pages
...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, day after day, ' We stuck, ne breath ne motion, 'As idle as... | |
 | 1828 - 514 pages
...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 b ''>i'-r than the moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion ; As idle as... | |
 | 664 pages
...join;" and which contains too much profanity to place him very high in the list of moral writers. " Water, water, every where. And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Ne any drop to drink. The very sleeps did rot, O Christ! That ever this should be, Yea slimy things... | |
 | Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...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...after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor mstion, As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, every where, And all the boards... | |
 | Periodicals - 1825 - 500 pages
...split with a tbunder-fit ; The helmsman steered us through !" And again : " All in a hot and copper sky The bloody sun, at noon Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the moon. " Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink ; Water, water, every where, And not a drop... | |
 | 1842 - 982 pages
...suddenly became adverse, or as though a dead calm had occurred like that in the Ancient Mariner : — " Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion, As idle as a painted ihip, Upon a painted ocean." The voyage in short, is at end, when we have come within sight of Chrysostom,... | |
 | English literature - 1823 - 816 pages
...description of the sun, under the figure of a copper vessel in a brazier's shop: All in a hot and copper sky The bloody sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand No bigger than the moon. The same heavenly body, on a cloudy day, is farther compared to a pickpocket in limbo, looking through... | |
 | Thomas Hamilton - 1827 - 400 pages
...oven could be more close and sultry. The atmosphere seemed to have lost all power of propulsion, and Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion, As Idly as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. In vain did we resort to all the usual and approved expedients... | |
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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, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. 
