 | William Wordsworth - 1800 - 272 pages
...And there the dead men lay. I look'd to Heaven, and try'd to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gnsht, A wicked whisper came and made My heart as dry as dust. I clos'd my lids and kept them close, Til) the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky Lay like a load... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 356 pages
...deck, ' And there the dead men lay. * I look'd to Heaven, and try'd to pray; ' But or ever a prayer had gusht, ' A wicked whisper came and made ' My heart...beat; , * For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the ' Lay like a load on my weary eye, ' And the dead were at my feet. sky ,_ ., * The cold sweat melted... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Ballads - 1805 - 284 pages
...ghastly deck, 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 lids and kept them close, Till the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1805 - 284 pages
...ghastly deck, 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 lids and kept them close, Till the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 334 pages
...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 The cold sweat melted &om their limbs, Nor rot nor reek did they : The look with which they look'd... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 330 pages
...rotting deck, And there the dead men lay. I look'd 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... | |
 | England - 1925 - 948 pages
...the Pacific. Scurvy attacked the crews. The 'Tale of the Ancient Mariner ' became their reality. " For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky, Lay like a lcad on my weary eye, And the dead were at my feet." Seams opened, and they could barely drag themselves... | |
 | England - 1834 - 918 pages
...whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. " 1 closed my lids, and kept them close, And the halls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the fcky, Lay like a load on my weary eye, And the dead were at my feet. " The cold sweat melted from their... | |
 | Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...rotting deck, And there the dead men lay. I look'd 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 heat ; For the sky and the sea, and... | |
 | Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1828 - 386 pages
...rotting deck, 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 lids, and kept them close, And the balls like pulses beat; For the sky and the sea, and the... | |
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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. 
