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 SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

Nor dim nor red, like God's own head, fo^cT^aredoff

The glorious Sun uprist. they justify the


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Then all averr'd I had kill'd the bird makethem-

i i r i selves accotn-

That brought the fog and mist. piices m the

Twas right, said they, such birds to slay, That bring the fog and mist.

tTi ^ f n The fair breeze

The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, continues} the

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The furrow followed free; Pacific ocean,

We were the first that ever burst wa d rd"Si"

Into that silent sea. ;? che> the

Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, The ship hath

r r been suddenly

Twas sad as sad could be; becalmed

And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea'

All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon.

Day after day, day after day,

We stuck, nor breath nor motion ;

As idle as a painted ship

Upon a painted ocean.

Water, water, everywhere, And the Aiba-


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And all the boards did shrink; be avenged

Water, water, everywhere Nor any drop to drink.

The very deep did rot' O Christ! That ever this should be' Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea.

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