Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon-' + The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, For he heard the loud bassoon. The Wedding-Guest he beat his breast, And now the Storm-blast came, & he Was tyrannous & strong: He struck with his o'ertaking wings, With sloping masts & dipping prow, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, *The land of ice, & of fearful sounds, where no living thing was to be seen. And now there came both mist & snow, *And ice, mast-high, came floating by, And through the drifts the snowy clifts, Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken- The ice was here, the ice was there, It cracked & growled, & roared & howled, At lenght "At length did cross an Albatross : It ate the food it ne'er had eat, The ice did split with a thunder-fit ; *And a good south wind sprung up behind; The Albatross did follow, And every day, for food or play, Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white, Glimmered the white Moon-shine.' 'God save thee, ancient Mariner! From the fiends, that plague thee thus !— Why look'st thou so?'- With my cross-bow I shot the Albatross. Bij PART *Till a great seabird, called the Albatross, came through the snow-fog, & was received with great joy & hospitality. And lo! the Albatross proveth a bird of good omen, & followeth the ship as it returned northward through fog & floating ice. >The ancient Mariner inhospitably killeth the pious bird of good omen. *His shipmates cry out against the ancient Mariner, for killing the bird of good luck. THE Sun now rose upon the right : Out of the sea came he, Still hid in mist, & on the left Went down into the sea. And the good south wind still blew behind, But no sweet bird did follow, Nor any day for food or play *And I had done a hellish thing, And it would work 'em woe: For For all averred, I had killed the bird * Nor dim nor red, like God's own head, Then all averred, I had killed the bird 'Twas right, said they, such birds to slay, + The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free; We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. >Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'Twas sad as sad could be ; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea! The ship hath been suddenly becalmed. All |