l"'IUIS 0' UUOili.A.TlOlf .t.MD J'UCT, 97
"Down dropt the breeze, the aile dropp'd down,
'Twaa ad u aad could be;
And we ditlspeak only to brer.k
The ailence of t.he aer. I(^11) All in a hot a.nd coppu aky,
The bloody Sun, r.t noon,
Rig_ht up above the mast did atand,
No bigger than the Moon.
(^41) Day after dr.y, dt.y after day,
We atuck:, nor breath nor motion;
Aa idle aa a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.
"Water, water, everywhere,
And lill the boards did ahrink ;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drwk.
u The very deep did rot ; 0 Cbl'iat r
That ever thia ahould be!
Yea, alimy tbinga did crawl with legs
Upon the alimy aea.
(^11) About, about, in reel and rout
The death-fires danced at night ;
The water, like a witch's oils,
Burnt pen, and blue, and white.
".Aud aome in drttama Ullured were
Of the Spirit that plagued us ao :
Nine fathom deep he had follow'd ua
From the land of miat and anow.
" And every tongue, through utter drought,
Waa wither'd at the root;
We could not apeak, no more thau if
We had beeu choked with soot.
"Ah I well-a-day! what evil looks
Had I from old atul young I
lwlteall of the croas, the Albatrou
About my neck was hung."
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