 Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless — A lump of death — a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell...  The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature - Էջ 579խմբագրել է - 1816Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | 1856 - 518 էջ
...lakes, and ocean, all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths : Ships, sailorless, lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped, They slept, on the abyss, without a surge : The moon, their mistress, had expired before ;... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856 - 384 էջ
...lakes, and ocean, all were still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths. Ships, sailorless, lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal : as they dropt They slept on the abyss, without a surge r The waves were dead, the tides were in their grave.... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - 1856 - 292 էջ
...lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths ; Ships, sailorless, lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped They slept on the abyss without a surge : The waves were dead, the tides were in their grave... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 էջ
...lakes, and ocean, all stood still, And nothing stirr'd within their silent depths; Ships, sailorless, lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down...dropp'd, They slept on the •'•abyss without a tsurge. The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave; The moon, their mistress, had expir'd... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 էջ
...lakes, and ocean, all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped They slept on the abyss without a surge — The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave,... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 էջ
...lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirr'd within their silent depths; Ships, sailorless, lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down...grave; The moon, their mistress, had expired before; Tho winds were wither' d in the stagnant air; And the clouds perish'd. Darkness had no need Of aid... | |
 | Worthy Putnam - 1858 - 420 էջ
...lakes, and ocean, all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths ; Ships, sailorless, lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped They slept on the abyss, without a surge : The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 614 էջ
...lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirr'd within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down...no need Of aid from them — She was the Universe ! CHURCHILL'S GRAVE. A FACT LITERALLY RENDERED. I STOOD beside the grave of him who blazed The comet... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1859 - 420 էջ
...sea, The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave, They slept on the abyss without a surge— The moon, their mistress, had expired before ; The...clouds perish'd ! Darkness had no need Of aid from them—She was the Universe. A TRAGIC STORY. Translated from the German of CHAHISSO, by WM THACEERAY.... | |
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1922 - 330 էջ
...lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal : as they dropped They slept on the abyss without a surge — The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave,... | |
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