 Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.  The Library of Poetry and Song - Pagina 858geredigeerd door - 1925 - 1100 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 282 pagina’s
...turn them up to pray. And now this spell was snapt : once more I view'd the ocean green, And look'd far forth, yet little saw Of what had else been seen....road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turn'd round, walks on And turns no more his head : Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 280 pagina’s
...turn them up to pray. And now this spell was snapt : once more J view'd the ocean green, And look'd far forth, yet little saw Of what had else been seen....road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turn'd round, walks on And turns no more his head : Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1805 - 284 pagina’s
...theirs, Nor turn them up to pray. And now this spell was snapt : once more I viewed the ocean green, And looked far forth, yet little saw Of what had else...knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread. But soon there breathed a wind on me, Nor sound nor motion made : • Its path was not upon the sea... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1805 - 284 pagina’s
...theirs, Nor turn them up to pray. And now this spell was snapt : once more ,1 viewed the ocean green, And looked far forth, yet little saw Of what had else...knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread. But soon there breathed a wind on me, Nor sound nor motion made : Its path was not upon the sea In... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 334 pagina’s
...The cnrse is And now this spell was snapt : once more finally expiated. I viewed the ocean green, And looked far forth, yet little saw Of what had else...road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turn'd round, walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close... | |
 | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - 1823 - 586 pagina’s
...fear ; and I hurried on with irregular steps, not daring to look about me : Like one who, on a lonely road, Doth walk in fear and dread, And, having once...knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread*. Continuing thus, I came at length opposite to the inn at which the various * Coleridge's " Ancient... | |
 | Cabinet - 1824 - 440 pagina’s
...theirs, Nor turn them up to pray. And now this spell was snapt : once more I viewed the ocean green, And looked far forth, yet little saw Of what had else...road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turn'd round, walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close... | |
 | Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1828 - 386 pagina’s
...turn them up to pray. And now this spell was snapt : once more I viewed the ocean green, «put«i. And looked far forth, yet little saw Of what had else...knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread. But soon there breathed a wind on me, Nor sound nor motion made : Its path was not upon the sea, In... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pagina’s
...theirs, Nor turn them up to pray. And now this spell was snapt: once more I viewed the ocean green, And looked far forth, yet little saw Of what had else...road Doth walk in fear and dread, And, having once turn'd round, walk* on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close... | |
 | 1833 - 424 pagina’s
...a sudden bound." The influence of superstitious fears is portrayed with great truth. "Like one who on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And...knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread." Sometimes the poetical merit consists solely in a happy choice of epithets. " The moonlight steeped... | |
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