Quote #46

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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  1. Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.
  2. About, about, in reel and rout The death fires danced at night.
  3. As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
  4. I bit my arm, I sucked the blood, And cried, A sail! a sail!
  5. The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free: We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea.
  6. Her lips were red, her looks were free, Her locks were yellow as gold: Her skin was as white as leprosy, The Night-Mare Life-in-Death was s…
  7. 'God save thee, ancient Mariner! From the fiends, that plague thee thus! - Why look'st thou so?' - With my cross-bow I shot the Albatross.
  8. 'The game is done! I've won, I've won!' Quoth she, and whistles thrice.

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