 Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'Twas sad as sad could be; And 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 than the Moon.  The gay science - Page 135by Enaeas Sweetland Dallas - 1866Full view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Poetry - 1798 - 240 pages
...white foam flew, The furrow follow'd free : , "We were the first that ever burst Into that silent Sea. Down dropt the breeze, the Sails dropt down, 'Twas...All in a hot and copper sky The bloody sun at noon, Eight up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1800 - 270 pages
...We were the first that eyer burst Into that silent Sea. Down dropt the breeze, the Sails dropt dow 'Twas sad as sad could be And we did speak only to breakThe silence of the Sea. All in a hot and copper sky The bloody sun at noon, Right up above the... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 356 pages
...foam flewy ' The furrow follow'd free: ' We were the first that ever burst ' Into that silent sea. * Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down*. ' 'Twas...at noon, ' Right up above the mast did stand, ' No bigger-than the moon. ' Day after day, day after day, ' We stuck, ne breath ne motion, 'As idle as... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 282 pages
...white foam flew, The furrow follow'd free : We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. Down dropt the breeze, the Sails dropt down, 'Twas...speak only to break The silence of the Sea. All in a liot and copper sky The bloody sun at noon. Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the moon.... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 334 pages
...foam flew, The furrow* stream'd 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 ! The fair breeze continues; the ship enters the Pacific Ocean and sails northward, even till it reaches... | |
 | English literature - 1823 - 816 pages
...is horrified by the description of the ran, under the figure of a copper vessel in a brazier's shop: All in a hot and copper sky The bloody sun, at noon,...above the mast did stand No bigger than the moon. The same heavenly body, on a cloudy day, is farther compared to a pickpocket in limbo, looking through... | |
 | Periodicals - 1825 - 500 pages
...round it flew ; The ice did split with a tbunder-fit ; The helmsman steered us through !" And again : " All in a hot and copper sky The bloody sun, at noon...above the mast did stand, No bigger than the moon. " Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink ; Water, water, every where, And not a drop... | |
 | 1828 - 514 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...sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No b ''>i'-r than the moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion ; As idle as... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1829 - 426 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 ! Bat when the fog cleared off, they justify the same, and thus make themselves accomplices in the... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1829 - 575 pages
...the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, T was sad as sad could be ; And we did speak only to break...silence of the sea ! All in a hot and copper sky, Tbc bloody Sun, at noon, Kiglit up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. And iho AlbaIroM... | |
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