"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Quotes
A sailor's tale of a cursed ship and the redemption he seeks after committing a terrible deed.
poetry | 66 pages | Published in 1858
Quotes
Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.
He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast.
Instead of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung.
The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free.
A sadder and a wiser man, He rose the morrow morn.
The many men, so beautiful! And they all dead did lie:
He went like one that hath been stunned, And is of sense forlorn:
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;
And every tongue, through utter drought, Was withered at the root;
Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
