 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.  Cyclopædia of English literature - Page 340by Robert Chambers - 1844Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - English poetry - 1848 - 414 pages
...once more S y " pi ' I viewed the ocean green, And looked far forth, yet little saw Of what else had been seen— Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth...path was not upon the sea, In ripple or in shade. THE ANCIENT MARINER. 239 Swiftly, swiftly flew the ship, Yet she sailed softly too: Sweetly, sweetly... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1909 - 524 pages
...wind, And Horror stalked before each man, And Terror crept behind, RG IV 37—48. äs compared with, Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear...knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread. AM VI 37—42 and And never a human voice comes near To speak a gentle word: And by all forgot, we... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1850 - 764 pages
...turn them up to pray. i- And now the spell was snapt : once more I view'd the ocean green, And look'd w's hand, Hope ! who hast been a stranger long; O!...song. Of vanish'd troubles sing, Of fears for ever fann'd my cheek Like a meadow gale of spring — It mingled strangely with my feari Yet it felt like... | |
 | Waldo Howard - 1850 - 310 pages
...but this is very strange," said he. " Strange, indeed," said his companion, pressing on his way, " ' Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear...knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.' "I would some form might confront me now, of flesh and blood like ourselves, or that we might have... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - English literature - 1853 - 728 pages
...in the Moon did glitter. -, . • • . • V The pang, the curse, with which they died, ; J .'• Had, never passed away : I could not draw my eyes...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 upon... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 496 pages
...been seen — Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turn'd round, walks on, And turns no more his head; Because...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 like... | |
 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...spell was snapt ; once more P',,"™' !• . ' I ' finally *»piI viewed the ocean green, . •'•&• And looked far forth, yet little saw Of what had else...knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread. i But soon there breathed a wind on me, Nor sound nor motion made ; Its path was not upon the sea In... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 444 pages
...up to pray. And now this spell was snapt : once more I viewed the ocean green, And looked far north, yet little saw Of what had else been seen — Like...knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread. 62 HALF-HOUKS WITH THE BEST AUTHORS. But soon there breathed a wind on me, Nor sound nor motion made... | |
 | John Eagles - Drawing - 1856 - 416 pages
...it is but to regret their visionary nature. So thought Coleridge : — " Like one that in a lonely road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once...knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread." Ancient Mariner. Pictor has been the sole cause of my venting my spleen on solitude. He was engaged... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Poetry - 1857 - 126 pages
...to pray. If he :.,. " And now this spell was snapt : once more The curséis T . finally expiated ; 1 viewed the ocean green, And looked far forth, yet...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 like... | |
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