 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...sad could be ; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea ! All in a hot and copper sky, o me, 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 ;... | |
 | Mrs. Charles Meredith - 1844 - 182 pages
...during his ghostly voyage, he so accurately describes their aspect : — " All in a hot and copper sky The bloody sun at noon Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the moon." I several times observed at Bathurst a phenomenon by no means unusual on the large plains of New South... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1845 - 344 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...everywhere, And all the boards did shrink ; Water, water everywhere, But not a drop to drink." Fortunately, dead calms are not generally of that continuance... | |
 | Harvey and Darton - 1845 - 254 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...everywhere, And all the boards did shrink ; Water, water, everywhere And not a drop to drink !" Happily " dead calms" do not generally last so long as... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1845 - 846 pages
...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...everywhere, ' And all the boards did shrink : Water, water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. The very deep did rot : Alas ! «_ That ever this should be... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...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, Right up above the mast did...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
...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, Ko bigger than the Moon. And Ihe AlbotroM begins to ba a venced. A spirit bed followed them : one oftheinvipjibleinAnd... | |
 | 1846 - 436 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...everywhere, And all the boards did shrink ; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. manner for killing the bird of rood luck. But when the fog... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...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, Right up above the mast did...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 - 1847 - 152 pages
...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...everywhere, And all the boards did shrink ; Water, water, everywhere, And not a drop to drink. SECTION V. LESSONS FROM THE HISTORY OF SCOTLAND. I. —... | |
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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. 
