 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 sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell...  The Poetical Works of Lord Byron - Page 298by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873Full view - About this book
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 pages
...rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths; 75 Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts...grave, The moon their mistress had expired before; 80 The winds were wither'd in the stagnant air, And the clouds perish'd : Darkness had no need Of aid... | |
 | John Barber - 1828 - 310 pages
...their silent depths; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down peacemeal; as they dropp'd They slept on the abyss without a...The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave, And the clouds perish'd ; Darkness had no need Of aid from them—She was the universe. CURRAN, IN... | |
 | 1828 - 814 pages
...The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths : Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped They slept on the abyss without a surge — The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave,... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 pages
...still, \nd nothing stirr'd within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, 75 And their masts fell down piecemeal'; as they dropp'd...surge The waves were dead ; the tides were in their graves. The moon their mistress had expired before ;79 The winds were wither'd in the stagnant air,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1832 - 614 pages
...The rivers, lakes, and ocean, all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped, They slept on the abyss without a surge. The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1832 - 618 pages
...The rivers, lakes, and ocean, all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped, They slept on the abyss without a surge. The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirr'd within their silent depths! Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts...— the tides were in their grave; The moon, their mistftss, had expired before ! The winds were wither'd in the stagnant air, And the clouds perish'd!... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...rivers', lakes', and ocean', all stood still', And nothing stirred within their silentb depths'. Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea', And their masts fell down piecemeal'; as they dropped', They slept on the abyss without a surge'. — The waves were dead'; the tides were in their... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1835 - 348 pages
...The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirr'd within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal; as theydropp'd They slept on the abyss without a surge — The waves were dead ; the tides were in their... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 308 pages
...The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirr'd within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts...were wither'd in the stagnant air, And the clouds perish'd ; Darkness had no need Of aid from them — She was the Universe. l Diodati, July, 1816. .... | |
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