I looked to Heaven, and tried to pray; But or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. The Meaning of Prayer - Page 81by Harry Emerson Fosdick - 2005 - 212 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Poetry - 1798 - 240 pages
...away ; I look'd upon the eldritch deck, And there the dead. men lay. I look'd to Heaven, and try'd to pray ;, But or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came and made My heart as dry as dust. I clos'd my lids and kept them close, Till the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and... | |
| James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones - Europe - 1799 - 714 pages
...eldritch deck, Ajid there the Dead Men lay ! I look'd to Heaven, and try'd to pray j But or ever a pray'r had gusht, A wicked whisper came and made My heart as dry as dust. I clos'd my lids and kept them close, Till the balls like pulses beat, For the Sky, and the Sea, and... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1800 - 270 pages
...eyes away ; I look'd upon the ghastly deck, And there the. dead men lay. I look'd to Heaven, and try'd to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came and made My heart as dry as dust. I clos'd my lids and kept them close, Till the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1800 - 272 pages
...And there the dead men lay. I look'd to Heaven, and try'd to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gnsht, A wicked whisper came and made My heart as dry as dust. I clos'd my lids and kept them close, Til) the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1802 - 356 pages
...away; ' I look'd upon the eldritch deck, ' And there the dead men lay. * I look'd to Heaven, and try'd to pray; ' But or ever a prayer had gusht, ' A wicked whisper came and made ' My heart as dry as dust. ' I clos'd my lids and kept them close, ' Till the balls like pulses beat; , * For the sky and the... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1802 - 282 pages
...eyes away ; I look'd upon the ghastly deck, And there the dead men lay. I look'd to Heaven, and try'd to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came and made My heart as dry as dust. I clos'd my lids and kept them close, Till the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and... | |
| William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Ballads - 1805 - 284 pages
...the rotting Sea, And drew my eyes away ; I looked upon the ghastly deck, And there the dead men lay. I looked to Heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever...wicked whisper came and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids and kept them close, Till the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1805 - 284 pages
...the rotting Sea, And drew my eyes away ; I looked upon the ghastly deck, And there the dead men lay. I looked to Heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever...wicked whisper came and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids and kept them close, Till the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 334 pages
...rotting sea, And drew my eyes away; I look'd upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay. I look'd to Heaven, and tried to pray; But or ever a prayer...wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids, and kept them close, And the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and... | |
| England - 1834 - 918 pages
...rotting sea, And drew my eyes away ; I looked upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay. " I looked to heaven, and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gush'd, A wickt'd whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. " 1 closed my lids, and kept them... | |
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