 | 1829 - 558 pages
...like a lonely flute ; And now it is an angel's song, That makes the heavens be mute. ' It ceas'd ; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till...the sleeping woods all night, Singeth a quiet tune !'— ii. p. 24, 25. These angels, sent down by the Virgin Mary, to whom the Mariner had prayed in... | |
 | William Hone - 1830 - 878 pages
...leafy channels. ' It ceased,' says the poet, speaking of a sound of heavenly voices about a ship,— It ceased ; yet still the sails made on A pleasant...the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune. Coleridge. "There is a greater accession ot flowers, in this month than in any other. In addition to... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1831 - 628 pages
...birds that are, How they seem'd to fill the sea and air, With their sweet jargoning ! And now Ч was j } never a breeze did breathe : Slowly and smoothly went the ship, Moved onward from beneath. Hi- lonesome... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...almost I thought that I had died in sleep, And was a blessed ghost. THE VOICES OF THE ANGELS. ABOUND, around, flew each sweet sound, Then darted to the...the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune. PENANCE OF THE ANCIENT XARINBR, AND HIS REVERENT TEACUISQ. FORTHWITH this frame of mine wag wrenched... | |
 | 1834 - 784 pages
...sounds of singing, as of the skylark and other hirds, and of sweet instruments; and when it ceases, " the sails made on A pleasant noise 'till noon, A noise...the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune." Verily there is a strange spell, " a strange power of speech," in the Ancient Mariner which compels... | |
 | Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1835 - 352 pages
...dawned—they dropped their arms, And clustered round the mast; Sweet sounds rose slowly through their mouth*, And from their bodies passed. Around, around, flew...the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune. Slowly and smoothly went the ship, Moved onward from beneath. Under the keel nine fathom deep, From... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1836 - 358 pages
...air, but by a blessed troop of angelic spirits, sent down by the invocation of the guardian saint. For when it dawned — they dropped their arms, And...the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune. THE ANCIENT MARINER. Slowly and smoothly went the ship, Moved onward from beneath. Under the keel nine... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1836 - 496 pages
...passed. Around, around, flew each sweet sound, Then darted to the sun : Slowly the sounds came back again Sometimes a-dropping from the sky I heard the sky-lark...woods all night Singeth a quiet tune. Till noon we silently sailed on, Yet never a breeze did breathe : Slowly and smoothly went the ship, Moved onward... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1836 - 170 pages
...sweet sound Then darted to the sun ; Slowly the sounds came back again, Now mixed ; now one by one. It ceased ; yet still the sails made on A pleasant...a quiet tune. Till noon we quietly sailed on, Yet never a breeze did breathe : Slowly and smoothly went the ship, Moved onward from beneath. Under the... | |
 | Thomas Miller - 1837 - 466 pages
...leafy channels. ' It ceased,' says the poet, speaking of a sound of heavenly voices about a ship — ' It ceased ; yet still the sails made on A pleasant...the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune." COLERIDGE. " The rural business of this month is made up of two employments, as beautiful to look at... | |
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twas like all instruments, Now like a lonely flute; And now it is an angel's song, That makes the heavens be mute. It ceased; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till noon, A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June, That to the... 
