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... The English Poets: Wordsworth to Dobell - Seite 139herausgegeben von - 1880Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1872 - 134 Seiten
...made My heart as dry as dust. And the balls like pulses beat; I closed my lids, and kept them close, For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky,...at my feet. The cold sweat melted from their limbs, should live, and so many lie dead. The look with which they looked on me £'„£ in c' 'the ^ Nor... | |
| John Wesley Hales - 1872 - 552 Seiten
...heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gusht, 245 A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. " I closed my lids, and kept them...For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky, 250 Lay like a load on my weary eye, And the dead were at my feet. " The cold sweat melted from their... | |
| Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 Seiten
...heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gush'd, A wicked whisper «ame, and made My heart lf ! hie paper kito may fly. And this perhaps, who, censuring paes'd away. An orphan's curse would drag to hell A spirit from on high ; But oh ! more horrible than... | |
| Casket - 1873 - 912 Seiten
...had gusht, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lide, and kept thorn dent to his enjoyment. In that state crowds become an oppression to him; music even, But tbtc Nor rot nor reek did they : £ *°¿ The look with which they looked on me меп. liad never... | |
| Charles Bruce (writer of tales) - 1874 - 582 Seiten
...heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gushed, A wicked whisper came and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids, and kept them close,...Nor rot nor reek did they ; The look with which they looked on me Had never passed away. An orphan's curse would drag to hell A spirit from on high ; But... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1874 - 470 Seiten
...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,...on my weary eye, And the dead were at my feet. The WeddingGuest feareth that a spirit is talking to him ; But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 240 Seiten
...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...Nor rot nor reek did they : The look with which they looked on me Had never passed away. "An orphan's curse would drag to hell A spirit from on high ; But... | |
| 1876 - 564 Seiten
...heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gushed A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. " I closed my lids, and kept them...Nor rot nor reek did they ; The look with which they looked on me Had never passed away. " An orphan's curse would drag to hell A spirit from on high ;... | |
| Francis Henry Underwood - 1875 - 660 Seiten
...wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. "I closed my lids and kept them close, Till the balls like pulses beat; For the sky and the sea,...Nor rot nor reek did they : The look with which they looked on me, Had never passed away. "An orphan's curse would drag to hell A spirit from on high ;... | |
| Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 860 Seiten
...heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gushed, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart looked on me Had never passed away. ' An orphan's curse would drag to hell A spirit from on high ;... | |
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