rime of the ancient mariner by: d’andre parker. “ the many men, so beautiful! and they all dead...
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Rime of the Ancient Mariner
By: D’Andre Parker
“ The many men, so beautiful! And they all dead did lie:And a thousand thousand slimy thingsLived on; and so did I.”
• “Alone,Alone,all,all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea! And never saint took pity on My soul in agony”
• “That agony returns; And till my ghastly tale is told, This heart within me burns.”
• “An orphans curse would drag to hell A spirit from on high; But oh! How more horrible that that Is the curse in a dead man’s eye”
• “Swiftly, swiftly flew the ship,Yet she sailed softly too:Sweetly, sweetly blew the breeze- On me alone it blew.”
• “Yea, slimy things did crawl with legsUpon the slimy sea.”
“Like one, that on a lonesome roadDoth 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.”
“Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white,Glimmered the white moonshine.[...]Day after day, day after day,We stuck, nor breath nor motion;As idle as a painted shipUpon a painted ocean.”
“Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water,water,everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.”
“He went like one that hath been stunn'd,And is of sense forlorn:A sadder and a wiser manHe rose the morrow morn.”
• “Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white,Glimmered the white moonshine.[...]Day after day, day after day,We stuck, nor breath nor motion;As idle as a painted shipUpon a painted ocean.”