 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
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 390 pagina’s
...Ships, Bailorless, lay rotting on the sea, [dropped, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they They slept, on the abyss, without a surge : The waves were dead; the tides were in thefr grave ; The moon, their mistress, had expired before ; The winds were withered in the stagnant... | |
 | Charles P. Bronson - 1845 - 438 pagina’s
...Ships, sailorle*«, lay rot Ing on the sen, [dropped, And their masts fell down piecemeal; as they They slept, on the abyss, without a surge : The waves were dead ; the tides were in IbeftT grave; The moon, their mistrea?, had expired before ; The •-. m - were withered In the stagnant... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - 1845 - 424 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... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 692 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...tides were in their grave, The moon their mistress had expir d before ; The winds were wither'd in the stagnant air, And the clouds perish'd ; Darkness had... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 682 pagina’s
...surge — The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave, The moon their mistress had expir'd before ; The winds were wither'd in the stagnant air,...no need Of aid from them — She was the universe." There is a poem entitled " The Dream," full of living pictures, and written with great beauty and genius... | |
 | Marlborough coll - 1880 - 174 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 piece-meal : as they dropped They slept on the abyss without a surge— The waves were dead : the tides were in their grave,... | |
 | 1847 - 312 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 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.... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 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... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 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 ahyss without a surge. The waves were dead : the tides were in their grave... | |
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