 ... through the driving foamy blast In the depth of the sea, a rock's bare side, I grasped the edge — I was safe at last ! And there hung the cup on its coral brow, Saved from the bottomless depths below ! For the purple darkness of the deep Lay under...  Iceland: Its Scenes and Sagas - Page 218by Sabine Baring-Gould, Alfred Newton - 1863 - 447 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ballads, German - 1845 - 222 pages
...depths below ! For the purple darkness of the deep Lay under my feet like a precipice, And though here the ear must in deafness sleep, The eye could look...And the loathsome dog-fish with threatening teeth, Hyaena so fierce of the seas beneath. In horrible consciousness there I stayed, One soul with feeling... | |
 | Joseph S. Moore - Ballads, English - 1853 - 900 pages
...depths below! " For the purple darkness of the deep Lay under my feet like a precipice, And though here the ear must in deafness sleep, The eye could look...the shark. " There, there they clustered in grisly swnrms, Curled up into many a hideous ball ; The sepia stretching its horrible arms, And the shapeless... | |
 | Amusing poetry - 1857 - 266 pages
...depths below ! " For the purple darkness of the deep Lay under my feet like a precipice, And though here the ear must in deafness sleep, The eye could look...dragon, the snake, and the shark. " There, there they cluster'd in grisly swarms, Curl'd up into many a hideous ball ; The sepia stretching its horrible... | |
 | Amusing poetry - 1874 - 332 pages
...purple darkness of the deep mder my feet like a precipice, ugh here the ear must in deafness sleep, je could look down the sheer abyss, And see how the depths...dragon, the snake, and the shark. " There, there they cluster'd in grisly swarms, Curl'd up into many a hideous ball ; The sepia stretching its horrible... | |
 | Book - Ballads, English - 1875 - 912 pages
...below! •' For the purple darkness of the deep Lay under my feet like a precipice, And though here the ear must in deafness sleep, The eye could look...dark Are alive with the dragon, the snake, and the shnrk. " There, there they rlusterpd in grisly swnrms, Curled up into many a hideom ball ; The sepia... | |
 | American periodicals - 1887 - 890 pages
...related : — Now the purple darkness of the deep Lay under my feet like a precipice, And though here the ear must in deafness sleep, The eye could look down the sheer abyss, And see how the depths of these waters dark Are alive with the dragon, the snake, and the shark. I am quoting an English version... | |
 | Sabine Baring-Gould - 1888 - 474 pages
...he related : Now the purple darkness of the deep Lay under my feet like a precipice, And though here the ear must in deafness sleep, The eye could look down the sheer abyss, And see how the depths of these waters dark Are alive with the dragon, the snake, and the shark. I am quoting an English version... | |
 | Charles Peters - 1904 - 360 pages
...below ! ' For the purple darkness of the deep Lay under my feet like a precipice ; And though there the ear must in deafness sleep, The eye could look...abyss, And see how the depths of those waters dark Were alive with the dragon, the snake, and the shark ! 'There, there they clustered in grisly swarms,... | |
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