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" Doth close behind him tread. But soon there breathed a wind on me, Nor sound nor motion made: Its path was not upon the sea, In ripple or in shade. It raised my hair, it fanned my cheek Like a meadow-gale of spring — It mingled strangely with my fears,... "
Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight - Page 59
by Half hours - 1856
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Poems, songs and ballads of the sea, compiled and arranged by C ..., Issue 631

Charles Bruce (writer of tales) - 1874 - 582 pages
...in fear and dread, And having once turned round, walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread....sailed softly too ; Sweetly, sweetly blew the breeze — On me alone it blew. Oh, dream of joy ! is this indeed The lighthouse top I see ? Is this the hill...
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The Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1874 - 470 pages
...on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread. Hut soon there breathed a wind on me, Nor sound nor motion...sailed softly too : Sweetly, sweetly blew the breeze — On me alone it blew. Oh ! dream of joy ! is this indeed And theanThe light-house top I see ? c'ent...
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Our Poetical Favorites, Second Series: A Selection from the Best ..., Volume 2

1876 - 564 pages
...fear and dread, And, having once turned round, walks on, ' And turns no more his head ; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread....sailed softly too ; Sweetly, sweetly blew the breeze — On me alone it blew. And the An- " oh ! dream of joy ! is this indeed cieiit Mariner J * nativeetlc(mnS...
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Little Classics, Volumes 13-14

Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 240 pages
...walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread....sailed softly too : Sweetly, sweetly blew the breeze, — On me alone it blew. " Oh ! dream of joy ! is this indeed The lighthouse top I see ? Is this the...
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A Hand-book of English Literature: Intended for the Use of High Schools, as ...

Francis Henry Underwood - 1875 - 660 pages
...head ; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread. "But soon there breathed a-wind on me, Nor sound nor motion made : Its path was not...sailed softly too : Sweetly, sweetly blew the breeze, On me alone it blew. " O dream of joy '• is this indeed The light-bouse top I see ? Is this the hill...
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Little Classics, Volume 13

Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 246 pages
...frightful ficud Doth close behind him tread. "But soon there breathed a wind on me, Nor sound nor moti >n made : Its path was not upon the sea, In ripple or...my fears, Yet it felt like a welcoming. " Swiftly, swifily flew the ship, Yet she sailed softly too: Sweetly, sweetly blew the breeze, — On me alone...
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Text-book of Poetry: From Wordsworth, Coleridge, Burns, Beattie, Goldsmith ...

Henry Norman Hudson - 1875 - 728 pages
...walk in fear and dread, And having once tnra'd round walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread....sea, In ripple or in shade. It raised my hair, it fann'd my cheek, Like a meadow-gale of Spring, — It mingled strangely with my fears, Yet it felt...
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The Book of Ballads, Ancient and Modern

Book - 1875 - 912 pages
...motion made; Its path was not upon the sea In ripple or in shade. It raised my hair, it fanned my check Like a meadow-gale of spring — It mingled strangely...Yet she sailed softly too; Sweetly, sweetly blew the breezeOn me alone it blew. O! dream of joy! is this indee'l *"cr The lighthouse top I see? ntu Is this...
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The Pacific Coast First [-fifth] Reader, Volume 5

1875 - 324 pages
...died, Had never passed away : I could not draw my eyes from theirs, Nor turn them up to pray. 18. " But soon there breathed a wind on me, Nor sound nor...path was not upon the sea, In ripple, or in shade. 19. " It raised my hair, it fanned my cheek Like a meadow-gale of spring — It mingled strangely with...
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A New Library of Poetry and Song, Volume 2

William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...he knows a frightful fiend Joth close behind him tread. 3ut soon there breathed a wind on me, y or sound nor motion made ; Its path was not upon the...sailed softly too ; Sweetly, sweetly blew the breeze, — On me alone it blew. The spell begins to break. 0 dream of joy ! is this indeed The lighthouse...
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