The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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page 13 of 28 (46%)
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I watched the water-snakes:
They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. O happy living things! no tongue Their beauty might declare: A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I blessed them unaware: Sure my kind saint took pity on me, And I blessed them unaware. The self same moment I could pray; And from my neck so free The Albatross fell off, and sank Like lead into the sea. PART THE FIFTH. Oh sleep! it is a gentle thing, Beloved from pole to pole! |
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