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...aurora in the skies. Coleridge, in the ' Ancient Mariner/ says of the phosphorescent animals : — ' Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich...swam : and every track Was a flash of golden fire.' The less splendid displays on our coasts are described by Crabbe. ' And now your view upon the ocean...

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...rufulus, — olive and pink in color, is almost incomparably beautiful. One recalls Coleridge's lines: Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich...living things! no tongue Their beauty might declare. Were it not for the fact that snakes are wholesale and consistent cannibals, these creatures would...

...bethought me of the gorgeous description of Coleridge, and felt all its beauty : — " They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish...-of the ship I watched their rich attire, — Blue, glassy green, and velvet black: They curled, and swam, and every track Was a flash of golden lire."...

...the water-makes : THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE. They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they rear'd, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. " Within the shadow of the ship I watch'd their rich attire : I'.lur, glossy green, and velvet black, They coil'd and swnm ; and every...

...the ship I watch' d the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of shining white ; And when they rear'd, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. " Within the shadow of the ship I wateh'd their rich attire ; Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coil'd and s\vnm, and every...