 The sunrise broken into scarlet shafts Among the palms and ferns and precipices ; The blaze upon the waters to the east; The blaze upon his island overhead; The blaze upon the waters to the west; Then the great stars that globed themselves in Heaven,...  The Army and Navy Magazine - Page 4631886Full view - About this book
 | 1893 - 846 pages
...wave, As down the shore he ranged, or all day long Sat often in the seaward-gazing gorge, A shipwreck'd sailor, waiting for a sail : No sail from day to day,...hollower-bellowing ocean, and again The scarlet shafts of sunrise — but no sail. More wonderful still is the following picture of a city on a distant mountainside,... | |
 | 1865 - 820 pages
...into scarlet shafts Among the palms and ferns and precipices ; The blaze upon the waters to the cast ; The blaze upon his island overhead ; The blaze upon...hollower-bellowing ocean, and again The scarlet shafts of sunrise — but no sail." A much less happy instance is the description of Enoch's life befcre he sailed... | |
 | 1864 - 546 pages
...wave, As down the shore he ranged, or all day long Sat often in the seaward-gazing gorge, A shipwreck'd sailor, waiting for a sail: No sail from day to day,...again The scarlet shafts of sunrise—but no sail." A sadly' erroneous notion appears to prevail at present among some readers and many writers of verse,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1864 - 240 pages
...wave, As down the shore he ranged, or all day long Sat often in the seaward-gazing gorge, A shipwreck'd sailor, waiting for a sail: No sail from day to day,...hollower-bellowing ocean, and again The scarlet shafts of sunrise — but no sail. There often as he watch'd or seem'd to watch, So still, the golden lizard... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1864 - 200 pages
...or all day long Sat often in the seaward-gazing gorge, A shipwreck'd sailor, waiting for a flail : No sail from day to day, but every day The sunrise...hollower-bellowing ocean, and again The scarlet shafts of sunrise — but no sail. There often as he watch'd or seem'd to watch, So still, the golden lizard... | |
 | 1864 - 808 pages
...Among the palms and ferns and precipices : The blaze upon the waters to the east; The blaze upon bis island overhead ; The blaze upon the waters to the...hollower-bellowing ocean, and again The scarlet shafts of sunrise — but no sail." How pitilessly must these glories have seemed to mock the solitary captive's... | |
 | 1864 - 744 pages
...precipices ; The blaze upon the waters to the east ; The blaze upon his island overhead ; The.bbize upon the waters to the west ; Then the great stars...hollower-bellowing ocean, and again The scarlet shafts of sunrise — but no sail." A sadly erroneous notion appears to prevail at present among some readers... | |
 | 1864 - 496 pages
...upon the waters to the east j The blaze upon his island overhead ; The blaze upon the waters to thi west ; Then the great stars that globed themselves...hollower-bellowing ocean : and again The scarlet shafts ol' sunrise — but no sail". At length, after many years, a vessel touching at the island for water,... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1864 - 446 pages
...the east; The blaze upon his island overhead; The blaze upon the waters to th'e west ; Then the groat stars that globed themselves in Heaven, The hollower-bellowing ocean, and again The scarlet shafts of sunrise — but no sail." No expressive circumstance can be added to this description, DO enhancing... | |
 | Alexander Hay Japp - 1865 - 284 pages
...wave, As down the shore he ranged, or all day long Sat often in the seaward-gazing gorge, A shipwreck'd sailor, waiting for a sail; No sail from day to day,...again The scarlet shafts of sunrise—but no sail. There often as he watch'd, or seem'd to watch, So still, the golden lizard on hi™ paused, A phantom... | |
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