More from Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  1. About, about, in reel and rout The death fires danced at night.
  2. 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…
  3. The very deep did rot: O Christ! That ever this should be! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea.
  4. 'The game is done! I've won, I've won!' Quoth she, and whistles thrice.
  5. Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.
  6. 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.
  7. As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
  8. We listened and looked sideways up! Fear at my heart, as at a cup, My life-blood seemed to sip!

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