The sun’s rim dips; the stars rush out:

At one stride comes the dark;

With far-heard whisper o’er the sea,

Off shot the spectre-bark.

–

We listened and looked sideways up!

Fear at my heart, as at a cup,

My life-blood seemed to sip!

The stars were dim, and thick the night,

The steersman’s face by his lamp gleamed white;

From the sails the dew did drip—

Till clomb above the eastern bar

The horned moon, with one bright star

Within the nether tip.

The souls did from their bodies fly,—

They fled to bliss or woe!

And every soul it pbumed me by,

Like the whizz of my crossbow!”

Part IV

‘I fear thee, ancient Mariner!

I fear thy skinny hand!

And thou art long, and lank, and brown,

As is the ribbed sea-sand.

I fear thee and thy glittering eye,

And thy skinny hand, so brown.’—

“Fear not, fear not, thou Wedding-Guest!

This body dropped not down.

Fortunato Posted:

seriously, dude, get a life.

i need to win; i’m trying to entertain others in the meantime.

literature is interesting when appreciated.

I looked upon the rotting sea,

And drew my eyes away;

I looked upon the rotting deck,

And there the dead men lay.

I looked to heaven, and tried to pray;

But or ever a prayer had gusht,

A wicked whisper came and made

My heart as dry as dust.

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srsly, i wouldn’t quote pbumages from ATToC, but this is quite interesting.

There’s a big difference

(plus, iron maiden has a song called ‘rime of the ancient mariner’Log in to see images!

Hackers need a buff

I closed my lids, and kept them close,

And the balls like pulses beat;

Forthe sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky,

Lay like a load on my weary eye,

And the dead were at my feet.

The cold sweat melted from their limbs,

Nor rot nor reek did they:

The look with which they looked on me

Had never pbumed away.

Her beams bemocked the sultry main,

Like April hoar-frost spread;

But where the ship’s huge shadow lay,

The charmed water burnt alway

A still and awful red.

–

Beyond the shadow of the ship

I watched the water-snakes:

They moved in tracks of shining white,

And when they reared, the elfish light

Fell off in hoary flakes.

The selfsame moment I could pray;

And from my neck so free

The Albatross fell off, and sank

Like lead into the sea.”