They slept on the abyss without a surge The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave, The moon their mistress had expired before; The winds were withered in the stagnant air, And the clouds perish'd; Darkness had no need Of aid from them - She was... Prolusiones - Página 10de Marlborough coll - 1880Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 614 páginas
...of death — a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirr'd within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay...sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropp'd 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 - 586 páginas
...herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless — A lump of death— a chaos of hard elay. And nothing stirr'd within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay...sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropp'd They slept on the abyss without a surge — The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave,... | |
| Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 páginas
...impossible to sailing vessels, and parts of Byron's striking picture might soon be realised : — " The rivers, lakes, and ocean, all stood still, And...nothing stirred within their silent depths; Ships, sailorlcss, lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped. They slept... | |
| 1860 - 476 páginas
...heat. " The world was void, Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless — A lump of death. The rivers, lakes, and ocean, all stood still; And nothing stirred within their silent depths. The waves were dead, the tides were in their grave; The winds withered in the stagnant air, And the... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 páginas
...of death — a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirr'd within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay...sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropp'd They slept on the abyss without a surge — The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave,... | |
| John Connery - 1861 - 416 páginas
...lump, 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, sailoi-less, lay rotting on the sea, And their njasts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped, They slept... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1861 - 550 páginas
...lump, 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 J Ships, sailorlesp, lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal; as they dropped,... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 páginas
...of death, a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes, and ocean, all stood still, And nothing stirr'd within their silent depths. Ships, sailorless, lay rotting on the sea, And tliuir masts fell down piecemeal: as thev dropp'd They slept on the abyss, without a surge, — The... | |
| Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 692 páginas
...pathless, and the icy earth swung blind and blackening in the moonless air ; morn came and went—and came, and brought no day, the rivers, lakes and ocean...sea, and their masts fell down piece-meal: as they dropp'd they slept on the abyss without a surge— the waves were dead: the tides were in their grave,... | |
| James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 236 páginas
...of death— a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirr'd within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay...sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropp.il They slept on the abyss without a surge — The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave,... | |
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