 | Crabbe - 1967 - 492 pages
...look'd upon the stream, How it ran on, and felt as in a dream : But dream it was not; no ! — I fix'd my eyes On the mid stream and saw the spirits rise;...either hand ; And there they glided ghastly on the top 310 Of the salt flood, and never touch'da drop : I would have struck them, but they knew th'intent,... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1874 - 800 pages
...looked upon the stream, How it ran on, and felt as in a dream ; But dream it was not ; no ! — I fixed my eyes On the mid stream and saw the spirits rise;...glided ghastly on the top Of the salt flood, and never touched a drop ; I wonld hare strnck them, but they knew the intent, And smiled upon the oar, and down... | |
 | 1844 - 644 pages
...look'd upon the stream, How it ran on, and felt as in a dream : But dream it was not : No ! — I fix'd my eyes On the mid stream and saw the spirits rise...would have struck them, but they knew th' intent, And smil'd upon the oar, and down they went. " Now, from that day, whenever I began To dip my net, there... | |
 | 1834 - 558 pages
...looked upon the stream, How it ran on, and felt as in a dream : But dream it was not ; no, — I fixed my eyes On the mid stream and saw the spirits rise....glided ghastly on the top Of the salt flood, and never touched a drop , I would have struck them, but they knew the intent, And smiled upon the oar, and down... | |
 | 568 pages
...upon the stream, " How it ran on, and felt as in a dream — " But dream it was not ; no ! — I fix'd my eyes " On the mid stream and saw the spirits rise...hand ; " And there they glided ghastly on the top 310 " Of the salt flood, and never touch 'da drop. " I would have struck them, but they knew th' intent,... | |
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On the mid stream and saw the spirits rise ; " I saw my father on the water stand, " And hold a thin pale boy in either hand ; " And there they glided ghastly on the top " Of the salt flood, and never touch'da drop : " I would have struck them, but they... 
