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Page 174
... Isid . Now indeed My house ! and it looks cheerful as the clusters Basking in sunshine on yon vine - clad rock , That over - brows it ! Patron ! Friend ! Preserver ! Thrice have you saved my life . Once in the battle You gave it me ...
... Isid . Now indeed My house ! and it looks cheerful as the clusters Basking in sunshine on yon vine - clad rock , That over - brows it ! Patron ! Friend ! Preserver ! Thrice have you saved my life . Once in the battle You gave it me ...
Page 175
... Isid . A common trick of gratitude , my lord , Seeking to ease her own full heart- Ord . A debt repaid ceases to be a debt . Enough ! You have it in your power to serve me greatly . Isid . And how , my lord ? I pray you to name the ...
... Isid . A common trick of gratitude , my lord , Seeking to ease her own full heart- Ord . A debt repaid ceases to be a debt . Enough ! You have it in your power to serve me greatly . Isid . And how , my lord ? I pray you to name the ...
Page 176
... Isid . I am dull , my lord ! I do not comprehend you . Ord . In blunt terms , you can play the sorcerer . She hath no faith in Holy Church , ' tis true ; Her lover schooled her in some newer nonsense ; Yet still a tale of spirits works ...
... Isid . I am dull , my lord ! I do not comprehend you . Ord . In blunt terms , you can play the sorcerer . She hath no faith in Holy Church , ' tis true ; Her lover schooled her in some newer nonsense ; Yet still a tale of spirits works ...
Page 177
... Isid . But now I should have cursed the man who told me You could ask aught , my lord , and I refuse --- But this I can not do . Ord . Where lies your scruple ? Isid . Why --- why , my lord ! You know you told me that the lady lov'd you ...
... Isid . But now I should have cursed the man who told me You could ask aught , my lord , and I refuse --- But this I can not do . Ord . Where lies your scruple ? Isid . Why --- why , my lord ! You know you told me that the lady lov'd you ...
Page 178
... Isid . He himself told me . Ord . And who told you ? Ha ! you talk'd with him ! And those , the two Morescoes who were with you ? Isid . Both fell in a night brawl at Malaga . Ord . ( in a low voice . ) My brother --- Isid . Yes , my ...
... Isid . He himself told me . Ord . And who told you ? Ha ! you talk'd with him ! And those , the two Morescoes who were with you ? Isid . Both fell in a night brawl at Malaga . Ord . ( in a low voice . ) My brother --- Isid . Yes , my ...
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Page 18 - Is it he?" quoth one, "Is this the man? By him who died on cross, With his cruel bow he laid full low, The harmless Albatross. " The spirit who bideth by himself In the land of mist and snow, He loved the bird that loved the man Who shot him with his bow.
Page 11 - I fear thee, ancient Mariner ! I fear thy skinny hand ! And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand. " I fear thee, and thy glittering eye, And thy skinny hand, so brown.
Page 24 - Upon the whirl, where sank the ship, The boat spun round and round; And all was still, save that the hill Was telling of the sound. I...
Page 12 - And the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky Lay like a load on my weary eye, And the dead were at my feet. The cold sweat melted from their limbs, Nor rot nor reek did they : The look with which they looked on me Had never passed away. An orphan's curse would drag to hell A spirit from on high ; But oh ! more horrible than that Is the curse in a dead man's eye ! Seven days, seven nights, I saw that curse, And yet I could not die.
Page 14 - But with its sound it shook the sails, That were so thin and sere. The upper air burst into life; And a hundred fire-flags sheen ; To and fro they were hurried about! And to and fro, and in and out, The wan stars danced between.
Page 15 - They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose, Nor spake, nor moved their eyes; It had been strange, even in a dream, To have seen those dead men rise. The helmsman steered, the...
Page 13 - Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes: They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Page 20 - It raised my hair, it fanned my cheek Like a meadow-gale of spring — It mingled strangely with my fears, Yet it felt like a welcoming. 'Swiftly, swiftly flew the ship, Yet she sailed softly too: Sweetly, sweetly blew the breeze — On me alone it blew.
Page 22 - This seraph-band, each waved his hand, No voice did they impart—- No voice ; but oh ! the silence sank Like music on my heart.
Page 16 - ... twas like all instruments, Now like a lonely flute; And now it is an angel's song, That makes the heavens be mute. It ceased; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till noon, A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June, 370 That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune. Till noon we quietly sailed on, Yet never a breeze did breathe: Slowly and smoothly went the ship, Moved onward from beneath.