 All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.  The Progressive English reading books - Page 95by Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1866Full view - About this book
 | Theophilus Parsons - 1862 - 316 pages
...and its effect. Coleridge represents his ancient mariner as reaching a tropical sea, and there — " Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'Twas...be, And we did speak only to break The silence of that sea. All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody sun at noon Right up above the mast did stand, No... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - 1862 - 316 pages
...effect. Coleridge represents his ancient mariner as reaching a tropical sea, and there — "Down droptthe breeze, the sails dropt down, 'Twas sad as sad could...be, And we did speak only to break The silence of that sea. All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody sun at noon Right up above the mast did stand, No... | |
 | John Duns - 1863 - 720 pages
...which may have suggested to Coleridge one of the boldest images in the " Ancient Mariner : " — " Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'Twas...we did speak only to break The silence of the sea ! All in a hot and copper skg, The bloody sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand No bigger... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 pages
...white foam flew, The furrow followed free ; We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down ; 'Twas...we did speak only to break The silence of the sea ! 158 THE ANCIENT MARINER. All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody sun at noon, Right up above the... | |
 | 1863 - 392 pages
...copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, cc Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. " Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion ; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted orean. "Water, water, everywhere, Ami the Aikv tross begins t« be And all the boards did... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 314 pages
...dropped down, 'Twas sad as sad could he; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea. 23. ' Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. 24. ' Water, water everywhere, And all the hoards did shrink; Water, water everywhere,... | |
 | Charles Daubeny - 1863 - 188 pages
...till thirst and famine had swept away all on board, except the narrator of the catastrophe : — " Day after day, day after day "We stuck, nor breath, nor motion, As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean." The south-east and north-west winds will differ materially in their relations to... | |
 | George Herbert - 1863 - 732 pages
...the Pacific, admirably in contrast with what follows : — " Down dropt the breeze, the sails drupt down, 'Twas sad, as sad could be ; And we did speak only to break The silence of the eca. "All in a bot and copper sky, The bloody sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, Ño... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1864 - 332 pages
...foam flew, The furrow * streamed off free: We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'Twas...we did speak only to break The silence of the sea! * la the former edition the line was, The furrow followed free; All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1864 - 720 pages
...white foam flew The furrow followed free ; We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'Twas...we did speak only to break The silence of the sea ! All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger... | |
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