The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (text of 1834) ... Full many shapes, that shadows were, In crimson colours came. A little distance from the prow . Those crimson shadows were: I turned my eyes upon the deck— Oh, Christ! what saw I there! Each corse lay flat, lifeless and flat,

It is an ancient Mariner, And he stoppeth one of three. "By thy long grey beard and glittering eye, Now wherefore stopp'st thou me? "The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide, And I am next of kin; The guests are met, the feast is set: May'st hear the merry din."

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” begins when an old man stops a bridegroom on the way to his wedding. “There was a ship,” he begins and launches into the haunting story of his last journey to sea. When his ship got stuck in weather near Antarctica, an albatross appeared and lead them back ...

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1798) PART I An ancient Mariner meeteth three gallants bidden to a wedding feast, and detaineth one. IT is an ancient Mariner, And he stoppeth one of three. 'By thy long beard and glittering eye, Now wherefore stopp'st thou me? 5The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide, And I am next of kin;

38Yet he cannot choose but hear; 39And thus spake on that ancient man, 40The bright-eyed Mariner. 41And now the STORM-BLAST came, and he. 42Was tyrannous and strong: 43He struck with his o'ertaking wings, 44And chased us south along. 45With sloping masts and dipping prow, 46As who pursued with yell and blow.