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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. "
The Pictorial Book of Ancient Ballad Poetry of Great Britain: Historical ... - Page 690
edited by - 1853 - 871 pages
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Lyrical Ballads: With a Few Other Poems

William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1798 - 240 pages
...away ; I look'd upon the eldritch 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 as dry as dust. I clos'd my lids and kept them close, Till the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and...
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The Naval Chronicle, Volume 2

James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones - 1799 - 714 pages
...eldritch deck, Ajid there the Dead Men lay ! I look'd to Heaven, and try'd to pray j But or ever a pray'r had gusht, A wicked whisper came and made My heart as dry as dust. I clos'd my lids and kept them close, Till the balls like pulses beat, For the Sky, and the Sea, and...
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Lyrical Ballads,: With Other Poems. In Two Volumes, Volume 1

William Wordsworth - 1800 - 270 pages
...eyes away ; I look'd upon the ghastly 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 as dry as dust. I clos'd my lids and kept them close, Till the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and...
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Lyrical Ballads,: With Other Poems. In Two Volumes, Volume 1

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...
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Lyrical ballads, with other poems [including some by S.T. Coleridge]. From ...

William Wordsworth - 1802 - 356 pages
...away; ' I look'd upon the eldritch 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 as dry as dust. ' I clos'd my lids and kept them close, ' Till the balls like pulses beat; , * For the sky and the sea,...
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Lyrical Ballads: With Pastoral and Other Poems

William Wordsworth - 1802 - 282 pages
...eyes away ; I look'd upon the ghastly 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 as dry as dust. I clos'd my lids and kept them close, Till the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and...
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Lyrical Ballads,: With Pastoral and Other Poems. In Two ..., Issue 356, Volume 1

William Wordsworth - 1805 - 284 pages
...rotting Sea, And drew my eyes away ; I looked upon the ghastly deck, And there the dead men lay. I looked to Heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer...dry as dust. I closed my lids and kept them close, Till the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky Lay like a load...
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Lyrical Ballads,: With Pastoral and Other Poems. In Two Volumes, Volume 1

William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1805 - 284 pages
...rotting Sea, And drew my eyes away ; I looked upon the ghastly deck, And there the dead men lay. I looked to Heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer...dry as dust. I closed my lids and kept them close, Till the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky Lay like a load...
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Sibylline Leaves: A Collection of Poems

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 330 pages
...rotting 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...sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky Lay, like a cloud, on my weary eye, And the dead were at my feet. The cold sweat melted from their limbs, i Nor...
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Sibylline Leaves: A Collection of Poems

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 334 pages
...rotting 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...; 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...
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