 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
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 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,... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...lakes, and ocean all stood still. And nothing stirred within their silent depths ; Ships sailoriess lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down...they dropp'd They slept on the abyss without a surge — 9. The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave , The moon, their mistress, had expired... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1838 - 270 pages
...sea, They slept on the abyss without a surge— And their masts fell down piecemeal; as they dropped, The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave,...their mistress, had expired before; The winds were withered in the stagnant air, And the clouds perished; Darkness had no need Of aid from them—She... | |
 | Eben Norton Horsford - 1839 - 414 pages
...; 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 graves; The moon, their mistress, had expired before; The winds were withered in the stagnant air,... | |
 | James Stanley Grimes - 1839 - 346 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 graves;... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...lakes', and o'cean, | all stood still ; | AneZ nothing stirr'd within their silent depths,. | Ships, sai'lorless, | lay rotting on the sea' ; | And their...were wither'd in the stagnant air ; | And the clouds perish'd. — | Darkness had no need Of aid from them. — I she ,, was the irni verse. I CATO'S SENATE.... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1841 - 286 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,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 386 pages
...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'; l he tides were in their grave', The moon', their mistress', had expired before'; The winds were withered... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 576 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. Diodati, July, 1816. CHURCHILL'S... | |
 | George Brewster - 1843 - 268 pages
...lay rotting on the sea, "And their masts tell down piece meal — "As they dropped, they slept upon the abyss without a surge . '.The waves were dead. The tides were in their graves"The tnoon, their mistress, had expired before, "The winds were withered in the stagnant air.... | |
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