d, with bck lips baked,
agape they heard call :
grarcy ! they for joy did gr,
and all at once their breath drew ,
as they were drkg all
see ! see ! (i cried) she tacks no ore !
hither to work weal ;
without a breeze, without a tide,
she steadies with upright keel !
the western wave was all a-f,
the day was well nigh done !
alost upon the western wave
rested the broad bright sun ;
when that strange shape drove suddenly
beixt and the sun
and straight the sun was flecked with bars,
(heaven≈039;s other send grace !),
as if through a dungeon-grate he peered
with broad and burng face
as ! (thought i, and y heart beat loud)
how fast she nears and nears !
are those her sails that gnce the sun,
like restless gossares ?
are those her ribs through which the sun
did peer, as through a grate ?
and is that woan all her crew ?
is that a death ? and are there o ?
is death that woan≈039;s ate ?
her lips were red, her looks were free,
her locks were yellow as gold :
her sk was as white as leprosy,
the nightare life--death was she,
who thicks an≈039;s blood with ld
the naked hulk alongside ca,
and the a were castg dice ;
“the ga is done ! i≈039;ve won, i≈039;ve won !”
quoth she, and whistles thrice
the sun≈039;s ri dips ; the stars rh out :
at one stridees the dark ;
with far-heard whisper, o≈039;er the sea,
off shot the spectre-bark
we listened and looked sideways up !
fear at y heart, as at a cup,
y life-blood seed to sip !
the stars were di, and thick the night,
the steersan≈039;s face by his p glead white ;
fro the sails the dew did drip—
till clob above the eastern bar
the horne′d oon, with one bright star
with theher tip
one after one, by the star-dogged oon,
too quick for groan or sigh,
each turned his face with a ghastly pang,
and cursed with his eye
four tis fifty livg n,
(and i heard nor sigh nor groan),
with heavy thup, a lifeless lup,
they dropped down one by one
the souls did fro their bodies fly—
they fled to bliss or woe !
and every soul it passed by,
like the whiz of y cross-bow !
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