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" 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 783
edited by - 1877 - 934 pages
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Choice Specimens of English Literature: Selected from the Chief English ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1869 - 420 pages
...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 break...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...
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Christabel and the Lyrical and Imaginative Poems of S.T. Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1869 - 204 pages
...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 ;...
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Smaller specimens of English literature, with notes. Ed. by W. Smith

sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 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...bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, 1. Observe the alliteration, perhaps unconscious, in these first two lines. 2. Copper is one of the...
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Critical History of English Literature, Volume 1

David Daiches - English literature - 1969 - 356 pages
...burst Into that silent sea. But soon the wind drops, and the first part of the curse manifests itself: All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon,...a painted ocean. Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. The very deep did rot: O Christ!...
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Imagining the Pacific: In the Wake of the Cook Voyages

Bernard Smith - Art - 1992 - 290 pages
...till it reaches the Line, where it is becalmed: Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropped down, 'Twas sad as sad could be; And we did speak only to break...above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. All through March and April 1774, the Resolution experienced very little wind and very hot weather....
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The Columbia Anthology of British Poetry

Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...dropt down, Twas sad as sad could be; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea! 100 110 All in a hot and copper sky. The bloody Sun, at noon....day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; And the Albatross begins to be avenged. As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water,...
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An introduction to english for academic purposes

Frances Luttikhuizen - 1997 - 192 pages
...first that ever burst Into that silent sea. Down dropped the breeze, the sails dropped down, 'Twos 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. But not a drop to drink.... 'r'<*SS*s?'jf1*^ ''•...
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Mainsail to the Wind: A Book of Sailing Quotations

William Galvani - Reference - 1999 - 236 pages
...1726 ...nothing in nature is so disagreeable as hard weather at sea... ADMIRAL GEORGE RODNEY, ca. 1760 All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon,...a painted ocean. Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE from...
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Medicine and Literature: The Doctor's Companion to the Classics, Volume 1

John Salinsky - Diseases in literature - 2002 - 252 pages
...continues to fly north, and it gets warmer. But the trouble is, it carries on getting warmer, and warmer: All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody sun at noon,...a painted ocean. Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. What a use of words. The long...
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Writing

C. L. Brantley, Cynthia Johnson - Creative writing - 2002 - 319 pages
...example from Samuel Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," each stanza is made up of four lines. All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon,...a painted ocean. Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. The very deep did rot: O Christ!...
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