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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Form
Form Poem
Year
Year 1798
Pages
Pages 25

A wild-eyed old sailor stops a wedding guest and confesses how he shot an albatross, doomed his ship and crew, and must wander the earth telling the tale until the weight lifts.

Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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