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 SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

��Albatross^ ^ nc * a oo< ^ sout ^ wm d sprung up behind; proveth a bud The Albatross did follow,

ofgoodomtn,

and foiioweth And every day, for food or play,

the ship as it / /. , i ,, i

returned north- Came to the manners hollo I

\\ard through fog and floating

lce In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud,

It perch'd for vespers nine, Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white, Glimmer'd the white moonshine.'

��The ancient 'God save thce, ancient Manner, hospitably" From the fiends, tha bild'of Jiod 1011 " Why look'st thou so 1 shot the Albatross.

��hospitably" From the fiends, that plague thec thus' bild'of Jiod 1011 " Why look'st thou so? 'With my crossbow

��PART II

The Sun now rose upon the right* Out of the sea came he, Still hid in mist, and 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 Came to the mariners' hollo'

HIS shipmates And I had done a hellish thing,

civ out against A j 11 it

the ancient And it would work 'em woe:

uihn n g e [h f e r bird For all averr'd I had kill'd the bird of good luck That made the brecze to b]ow<

Ah wretch' said they, the bird to slay, Thar made the breeze to blow'

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