n that ancient an,
the bright-eyed arer
the ship was cheered, the harbor cleared,
rrily did we drop
below the kirk, below the hill,
below the light-hoe
the sun ca up upon the left,
out of the sea ca he !
and he shone bright, and on the right
went down to the sea
higher and higher every day,
till over the ast at noon—
the weddg-guest here beat his breast,
for he heard the loud bassoon
the bride hath paced to the hall,
red as a rose is she ;
noddg their heads before her goes
the rry strelsy
the weddg-guest he beat his breast,
yet he cannot choose but hear ;
and th spake on that ancient an,
the bright-eyed arer
and now the stor-bst ca, and he
was tyranno and strong :
he struck with his o≈039;ertakg gs,
and chased south along
with slopg asts and dippg prow,
as who pursued with yell and blow
still treads the shadow of his foe,
and forward bends his head,
the ship drove fast, loud roared the bst,
and southward aye we fled
and now there ca both ist and snow,
and it grew wondro ld :
and ice, ast-high, ca floatg by,
as green as erald
and through the drifts the snowy clifts
did send a disal sheen :
nor shapes of n nor beasts we ken—
the ice was all beeen
the ice was here, the ice was there,
the ice was all around :
it cracked and growled, and roared and howled,
like noises a swound !
at length did cross an albatross,
thorough the fog it ca ;
as if it had been a christian soul,
we hailed it god≈039;s na
it ate the food it ne≈039;er had eat,
and round and round it flew
the ice did split with a thunder-fit ;
the helsan steered through !
and a good south d sprung up behd ;
the albatross did follow,
and every day, for food or py,
ca to the arers≈039; hollo !
ist or cloud, on ast or shroud,
it perched for vespers ne ;
whiles all the night, through fog-soke white,
glired the white oon-she
“god save thee, ancient arer !
fro the fiends, that pgue thee th !—
why look≈039;st thou so ?”—with y cross-bow
i shot the albatross
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