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 - Side 579redigeret af - 1816Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| George Croly - 1849 - 416 sider
...And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped They slept on the abyss without a sur<;e — The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave,...their mistress had expired before; The winds were withered in the stagnant air, And the clouds perished ; Darkness had no need Of aid from them — She... | |
| William Russell - 1849 - 310 sider
...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... | |
| Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 sider
...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 Russell - 1849 - 320 sider
...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 tydes were in their... | |
| George Croly - 1850 - 442 sider
...depths ; Ships sailorless, lay rotting on the sen, 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 ; Darkness had no need THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB.... | |
| George Brewster - 1850 - 240 sider
...lay rotting on the sea, " And their masts tell down piece meal— " As they dropped, they slept upon the abyss without a surge. " The waves were dead. The tides were in their graves. " The moon, their mistress, had expired before, " The winds were withered in the stagnant air,... | |
| Victor von Arentsschild - 1851 - 588 sider
...rotting on the sea, And their maete fell down piecemeal; as they dropp'd They slept on the аЬ\>.ч without a surge — The waves were dead; the tides...no need Of aid from them — She was the Universe. 9lidf)té regte ftcft in it)ten tobten ©timben; SKattofenlofe ©díjiffe tagen faulenb 3Cuf offnem... | |
| Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1851 - 328 sider
...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... | |
| John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 sider
...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... | |
| Andrew Comstock - 1853 - 456 sider
...And nothing stirr'd within their silent depths^. | Ships, sai'lorless, | lay rotting on the sea1 ; | And their masts fell down piece,-meal; | as they dropp'd,|...the abyss, without a surge . — | The waves were dead1 ; the tides were in their grave*, — | The moon, their mistress, | had expired before^ ; | The... | |
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