Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless — A lump of death — a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell... The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature - Pagina 579geredigeerd door - 1816Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 pagina’s
...lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths; 75 Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down...grave, The moon their mistress had expired before; 80 The winds were wither'd in the stagnant air, And the clouds perish'd : Darkness had no need Of aid... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 pagina’s
...The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave, The moon their mistress had expired before ; 80 The winds were wither'd in the stagnant air, And the...no need Of aid from them — She was the universe. Byron. 58. The Slave Trade. 5 to put an end to this odious and abominable trade. At the moment when... | |
| John Barber - 1828 - 310 pagina’s
...their silent depths; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down peacemeal; as they dropp'd They slept on the abyss without a...The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave, And the clouds perish'd ; Darkness had no need Of aid from them—She was the universe. CURRAN, IN... | |
| 1828 - 814 pagina’s
...lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths : Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped They slept on the abyss without a surge — The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave,... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1832 - 614 pagina’s
...depths ; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped, They slept on the abyss without a surge. The waves...their mistress, had expired before ; The winds were withered in the stagnant air, And the clouds perished." ' In vain we looked round and round the horizon... | |
| Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 pagina’s
...still, \nd nothing stirr'd within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, 75 And their masts fell down piecemeal'; as they dropp'd...surge The waves were dead ; the tides were in their graves. The moon their mistress had expired before ;79 The winds were wither'd in the stagnant air,... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1832 - 618 pagina’s
...lakes, and ocean, all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped, They slept on the abyss without a surge. The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave... | |
| James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pagina’s
...lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirr'd within their silent depths! Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down...— the tides were in their grave; The moon, their mistftss, had expired before ! The winds were wither'd in the stagnant air, And the clouds perish'd!... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 420 pagina’s
...The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave, The moon their mistress had expired before ; 80 The winds were wither'd in the stagnant air, And the clouds perish'd ; Darkness had BO need Of aid from them — She was the universe. Byron. 58. The Slave Trade. The land is not wholly... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pagina’s
...lakes', and ocean', all stood still', And nothing stirred within their silentb depths'. Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea', And their masts fell down piecemeal'; as they dropped', They slept on the abyss without a surge'. — The waves were dead'; the tides were in their... | |
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