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 - Page 139edited by - 1880Full view - About this book
| William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1798 - 240 pages
...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,...at my feet. The cold sweat melted from their limbs, Ne rot, ne reek did they ; The look with which they look'd on me, Had never pass'd away. An orphan's... | |
| James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones - 1799 - 714 pages
...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,...at my feet. The cold sweat melted from their limbs, Ne rot, ne reck did they ; The Look with which they look'd on me, Had never pass'd away. An Orphan's... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1800 - 272 pages
...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,...with which they look'd on me, Had never pass'd away. An orphan's curse would drag to Hell A spirit from on high : But O ! more horrible than that Is the... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1800 - 270 pages
...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,...load on my weary eye, And the dead were at my feet 173 The cold sweat melted from their limbs, Nor rot, nor reek did they ; The look with which they look'd... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1802 - 280 pages
...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,...with which they look'd on me, Had never pass'd away. An orphan's curse would drag to Hell A spirit from on nigh : But O ! more horrible than that Is the... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1802 - 282 pages
...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,...with which they look'd on me, Had never pass'd away. An orphan's curse would drag to Hell A spirit from on high : But O ! more horrible than that Is the... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1805 - 284 pages
...A 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 : But... | |
| William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1805 - 284 pages
...A 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,...were at my feet. The cold sweat melted from their limbsr Nor rot nor reek did they ; The look with which they looked on me, Had never passed away. An... | |
| 1834 - 918 pages
...kept them close, And the halls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the fcky, Lay like a load on my weary eye, And the dead were...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 ;... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 330 pages
...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,...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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