 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 280 pages
...turn them up to pray. And now this spell was snapt : once more J view'd the ocean green, And look'd far forth, yet little saw Of what had else been seen....road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turn'd round, walks on And turns no more his head : Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 282 pages
...turn them up to pray. And now this spell was snapt : once more I view'd the ocean green, And look'd far forth, yet little saw Of what had else been seen....road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turn'd round, walks on And turns no more his head : Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 330 pages
...my eyes from theirs, Nor turn them up to pray. The curse is And now this spell was snapt : once more finally expiated. I viewed the ocean green, And looked...road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turn'd round, walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close... | |
 | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - 1823 - 586 pages
...fear ; and I hurried on with irregular steps, not daring to look about me : Like one who, on a lonely road, Doth walk in fear and dread, And, having once...knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread*. Continuing thus, I came at length opposite to the inn at which the various * Coleridge's " Ancient... | |
 | Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...could not draw my eyes from theirs, Nor turn them up to pray. And now this spell was snapt : once more I viewed the ocean green, And looked far forth, yet...road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turn'd round, walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...could not draw my eyes from theirs, Nor turn them up to pray. And now this spell was snapt: once more I viewed the ocean green, And looked far forth, yet...road Doth walk in fear and dread, And, having once turn'd round, walk* on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close... | |
 | Theology - 1833 - 424 pages
...a sudden bound." The influence of superstitious fears is portrayed with great truth. "Like one who on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And...knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread." Sometimes the poetical merit consists solely in a happy choice of epithets. " The moonlight steeped... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - English drama - 1836 - 496 pages
...turn them up to pray. And now this spell was snap'd : once more I viewed the ocean green, And look'd far forth, yet little saw Of what had else been seen...road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turn'd roud, walks on And turns no more his head ; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind... | |
 | Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1838 - 492 pages
...turn them up to pray. And now this spell was snap'd : once more I viewed the ocean green, And look'd far forth, yet little saw Of what had else been seen...road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turn'd roud, walks on And turns no more his head ; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind... | |
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Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth 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. 
