 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1869 - 204 pages
...-, , .. > that thej. And drew my eyes away ; should live, I looked upon the rotting deck, iSVead""'' And there the dead men lay. I looked to heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my liils, and kept them close,... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...slimy things Lived on ; and so did I. And cnvieth that "I looked upon the rotting sea, they should l1ve And drew my eyes away ; I looked upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay. and so many lie dead. " I looked to heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...bodily life, and procecdetii to relate his horrible penance. He (lespiselh the creatures of the catín ; ps the heavy-blossomed bower, hangs the heavy-fruited gusht A wicked whisper camu, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids, and kept them close,... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...beautiful ! And they all dead did lie ! And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on— and so did L "I looked upon the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away...heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. "I closed my lids and kept them close,... | |
 | American literature - 1872 - 660 pages
...many men so beautiful ! — And they all dead did lie ; And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on ; and so did I. " I looked upon the rotting sea,...heaven, and tried to pray ; But, or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. " I closed my lids, and kept them close,... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1872 - 552 pages
...And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on ; and so did I. " I looked upon the rotting sea, 240 And drew my eyes away ; I looked upon the rotting...heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gusht, 245 A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. " I closed my lids, and kept them... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - American literature - 1872 - 658 pages
...there the dead men lay. " I looked to heaven, and tried to pray ; But, or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as...dust. " I closed my lids, and kept them close, And the halls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky, Lay like a load on my weary... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1872 - 134 pages
...3 797» that this poem was planned, and in part composed.—Author. 1 looked upon the rotting sen, And drew my eyes away: I looked upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lav. And envieth that they I looked to heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gushed,... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 912 pages
...The many men, но beautiful I And they all dead did lie : And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived l I could to counteract them. — I was, indeed, like a person, over a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lide,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1873 - 472 pages
...And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on ; and so did L He despiseth the creatures of the calm. I looked upon the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away...upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay. And envieth that they should live, and so many lie dead. I looked to Heaven, and tried to pray; But... | |
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I looked to heaven, and tried to pray; But or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids, and kept them close, And the balls like pulses beat; For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky. 
