 I pass, like night, from land to land; I have strange power of speech; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me: To him my tale I teach.  Little Classics - Page 45edited by - 1875Full view - About this book
 | 1918 - 1012 pages
...We might take for example the Ancient Mariner, who has left us this exposition of his method : — I pass like night from land to land; I have strange power of speech; The moment that his face I see / know the man that must hear me — To him my tale I teach. The marvelous... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 610 pages
...art thou ?' " Forthwith this frame of mine was wrench'd With a woeful agony, Which forced me to begin my tale ; And then it left me free. " Since then,...strange power of speech ; That moment that his face 1 see, I know the man that must hear me : To him my tnle I teach. " What loud uproar bursts from that... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 588 pages
...thou '.'' " Forthwith this frame of mine was wrench 'd With a woeful agony, Which forced me to begin my tale; And then it left me free. " Since then, at...have strange power of speech ; That moment that his fuoe I see, I know the man that must hear me : To him my tale 1 teach. " What lond uproar bursts from... | |
 | 1858 - 460 pages
...«n»n. Since then, at an uncertain hour, That aijony returns : And till my ghastly tale is told, i heart within me burns. I pass like night from land...strange power of speech ; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me : To him my tale I teach. What loud uproar bursts from that door... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1858 - 792 pages
...ffiSTThil "'' Forthwith this frame of mine was wrenched With a woful agony, Which forced me to begin my tale ; And then it left me free. Since then, at an uncertain hour, A"* "**""} anon throughout That agony returns : bi» future life And till my ghastly tale is told,... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1860 - 312 pages
...agony, to be calmed only by travelling from land to land and recounting his fearful adventures:— " Since then, at an uncertain hour That agony returns,...strange power of speech. That moment that his face I see I know the man that must hear me : To him my tale I teach." This narrative opens with the ship... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1860 - 322 pages
...agony, to be calmed only by travelling from land to land and recounting his fearful adventures: — " Since then, at an uncertain hour That agony returns,...till my ghastly tale is told This heart within me hums. I pass, like night, from land to land; I have strange power of speech. That moment that his face... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1860 - 436 pages
...should say all these things with a certainty of being understood ; — That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me : To him my tale I teach. 1 am afraid some of them have not got a spare quarter of a dollar for this August number, so that they... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...art thou ? ' " Forthwith this frame of mine was wrench'd With a woful agony, Which forced me to begin my tale ; And then it left me free. " Since then,...strange power of speech ; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me ; To him my tale I teach. " What loud uproar bursts from that... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1862 - 372 pages
...this the hill ? is this the kirk ? Is this mine own countree ? " Since then, at an uncertain hour, My agony returns : And till my ghastly tale is told,...strange power of speech ; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me : To him my tale I teach. " What loud uproar bursts from that... | |
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