 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
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...first that ever burst Into that silent sea. Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'Twas sad us ed strand I Still as I view each well-known scene,...of all bereft, Sole friends thy woods and streams ull the boards did shrink; Water, water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. The very deep did rot ;... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Animals - 1845 - 344 pages
...This condition of things is well described by the poet. " Down dropped the breeze, the sails dropped down, 'T was sad as sad could be, And we did speak...painted ocean. " Water, water everywhere, And all the boards did shrink ; Water, water everywhere, But not a drop to drink." Fortunately, dead calms... | |
 | Harvey and Darton - 1845 - 254 pages
...the poet has described in the following lines : " Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'Twas sad as sad could be, And we did speak only to break...painted ocean. " Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink ; Water, water, everywhere And not a drop to drink !" Happily " dead calms" do... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1845 - 846 pages
...the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. Down dr'opt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'Twas sad as sad could be ; And we did speak only to break...painted ocean. Water, water everywhere, ' And all the boards did shrink : Water, water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. The very deep did rot : Alas... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...dropt down, 'T was sad as sad could be ; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea ! i AU in a hot and copper sky, The bloody sun, at noon,...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... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1845 - 582 pages
...free ; We were the first that ever bunt Into that silent sea. Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, T was sad as sad could be ; And we did speak...bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, Ko bigger than the Moon. And Ihe AlbotroM begins to ba a venced. A spirit bed followed them : one oftheinvipjibleinAnd... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...free ; We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'T was sad as sad could be ; And we did speak...a painted ocean. Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink ; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. manner for killing the bird... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...dropt down, 'T was sad as sad could he ; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea ! 80 " All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody sun, at noon,...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... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - Readers - 1847 - 152 pages
...his beautiful ballad of " The Ancient Mariner." 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, And not a drop to drink. SECTION V. LESSONS FROM... | |
 | Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1847 - 352 pages
...A spirit had followed them ; one of the invisible Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, Twos 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... | |
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