...like the tropical appearance described so vividly in the Ancient Mariner — All on a hot and copper sky The bloody sun at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the moon. Such being the natural view of the emblem itself, let us now consider its prophetic significance. The...

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...summons ; and in his repose such as the " ancient mariner" related to his spell-bound listener : " Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath, nor motion; At idle as a painted ship, Upon a painted ocean." Other scenes are familiar to the " sons of the deep...

...of the sea! All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stood, No bigger than the moon. Day after day, day after...a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink: Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. The very...

...one day during the calm we made seven knots in the twentyfour hours, and those all the wrong way ! " Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath...idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean." water becoming scanty, we were all put on short allowance ; any thing but agreeable under so hot a sun. Captain...

...Milton's Samson Agomstes. Bright, bright in many a roeky urn, The waters of our deserts lie. Mrs. Hemans. Water, water, every where, And all the boards did...; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink ! Coleridge. Wine, wine, thy power and praise Hath ever been eeho'd in minstrel lays ; But water, I...

...only to break The silenee of the sea I All in a hot and eopper sky, The bloody Snn, at noon, Right np above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day, We stnek, nor breath nor motion ; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted oeean. Water, water, every...

...colonised by that enterprising prince. For a few days we were detained by calms, and our gallant vessel " Stuck, nor breath nor motion, As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean ;" but on Thursday, November llth, at about three o'clock in the morning, we crossed...

...sad as aad could be ; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea ! All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stood, No bigger than the moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion ; As...

...an import that is almost terrific. How expressive the following verse to one who has been becalmed : Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion, As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. The next verse is truly terrific in its import, and almost makes one's mouth parch...