The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to KeatsJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 511 pages |
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Page 321
... spirit had followed them ; one Nor any drop to drink . The very deep did rot : O Christ ! That ever this should be ! Yea , slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea . About , about , in reel and rout The death - fires danced ...
... spirit had followed them ; one Nor any drop to drink . The very deep did rot : O Christ ! That ever this should be ! Yea , slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea . About , about , in reel and rout The death - fires danced ...
Page 329
... Spirit's fellow- daemons , the invisi- ble inhabi- tants of the element , take part in his wrong ; and two of them re- late , one to the other , that penance long and heavy for the ancient mariner hath been accorded to the Polar Spirit ...
... Spirit's fellow- daemons , the invisi- ble inhabi- tants of the element , take part in his wrong ; and two of them re- late , one to the other , that penance long and heavy for the ancient mariner hath been accorded to the Polar Spirit ...
Page 438
... Spirit fierce , My spirit ! Be thou me , impetuous one ! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth ! And , by the incantation of this verse , Scatter , as from an unextinguished hearth Ashes ...
... Spirit fierce , My spirit ! Be thou me , impetuous one ! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth ! And , by the incantation of this verse , Scatter , as from an unextinguished hearth Ashes ...
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CHARLES SACKVILLE EARL Of Dorset 16381706 | 1 |
ANNE COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA ?16601720 | 10 |
WILLIAM CONGREVE 16701729 | 19 |
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