 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1856 - 344 sider
...display; Lo, see soon after, how she fades and falls away." 131. Evil spirit behind Margaret.] — " 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." (Spenser.) (Rime of the Ancient Mariner.)... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1856 - 410 sider
...chamber of death ! Even when I tried to say to myself, " Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord," a " Wicked whisper came and made My heart as dry as dust." And it was not till I saw the child I loved so dearly fairly committed to the grave, and had leant... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 448 sider
...beautiful ! And they all dead did lie : And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on ; and so did I. I looked upon the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away...heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gush'd, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids, and kept them close,... | |
 | 1857 - 336 sider
...heautiful ! And they all dead did He ; And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on ; and so did I ! "I looked upon the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away...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... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 454 sider
...beautiful ! And they all dead did lie : And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on ; and so did I. I looked upon the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away...heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gush'd, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids, and kept them close,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 466 sider
...beautiful ! And they all dead did lie : And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on ; and so did I. I looked upon the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away...heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gush'd, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids, and kept them close,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1857 - 426 sider
...beautiful ! And they all dead did lie : And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on ; and so did I. I looked upon the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away...upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay. * For the last two lines of this stanza, I am indebted to Mr. Wordsworth. It was on a delightful walk... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1857 - 126 sider
...a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on ; and so did I. He despiseth the creatures of the calm. " I looked upon the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away...upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay. And envieth that they should live, and so many lie dead. " I looked to heaven, and tried to pray ;... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1857 - 432 sider
...beautiful ! And they all dead did lie : And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on; and so did I. I looked upon the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away...upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay. * For the last two lines of this stanza, I am indebted to Mr. Wordsworth. It was on a delightful walk... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 sider
...sea, And drew my eyes away ; I look'd upon the 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,... | |
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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. 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, Lay... 
