 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, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion;...  A New Library of Poetry and Song - Page 783edited by - 1877 - 934 pagesFull view - About this book
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...burst Into that silent ica. Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, Twas sad aa sad could he; he motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we...While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water water, every where, Nor any drop to drink. The very... | |
 | Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1828 - 386 pages
...Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, The ship hath 'Twas sad as sad could be ; hecateS6"13' And we did speak only to break The silence of the...breath nor motion ; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. And the Ai- Water, water, every where, batross begins ' ' J > to be avenged. And all... | |
 | 1828 - 514 pages
...the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'Twas sad as sad could be ; And we did speak only to break...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... | |
 | English literature - 1829 - 558 pages
...blast, The southward aye we fled.' — ii. p. 5. ' Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'Twos sad as sad could be ; And we did speak only to break...breath nor motion, As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.' — ii. 9. The supernatural Agents are finely-imagined and delineated. The first... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1829 - 426 pages
...Pacific Ocean and sails northward, even till it reaches the Line. The ship hath been suddenly becalmed. All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon,...painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water« every where, avenged. And all the boards did shrink ; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...the first that ever burst Into that silent sea, Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'Twas sad as sad could be ; And we did speak only to break...a painted ocean. Water, water everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. TUB ANCIENT MARINER REFRESHED... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1833 - 422 pages
...The description of a vessel becalmed near the equator is probably familiar to many of our readers. " 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." The effects of a sudden breeze are set forth with the same nervous and graphic power.... | |
 | Theology - 1833 - 424 pages
...The description of a vessel becalmed near the equator is probably familiar to many of our readers. " 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." The effects of a sudden breeze are set forth with the same nervous and graphic power.... | |
 | 1834 - 512 pages
...line, when the ship became suddenly becalmed. " Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'Twas sad as sad could be; And we did speak only to break...day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion ; Upon a painted ocean. As idle as a painted ship, " Water, water, every where, And all the boards... | |
 | Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1835 - 352 pages
...becalmed. And the Albatross begins to be avenged. Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'Twas sad as sad could be; And we did speak only to break...a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink. The very... | |
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