Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Quotes

1. He prayeth best, who loveth best

   All things both great and small;

   For the dear God who loveth us,

   He made and loveth all.

2. 

   The hornèd Moon, with one bright star

   Within the nether tip.

3. 

   The ice was here, the ice was there,

   The ice was all around:

   It cracked and growled, and roared and howled,

   Like noises in a swound!

4. 

   The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,

   The furrow followed free:

   We were the first that ever burst

   Into that silent sea.

5. 

   Water, water, every where,

   And all the boards did shrink;

   Water, water, every where,

   Nor any drop to drink.

6. 

   "The game is done! I've won, I've won!"

   Quoth she, and whistles thrice.

7. 

   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.

8. 

   At length did cross an Albatross,

   Thorough the fog it came;

   As if it had been a Christian soul,

   We hailed it in God's name.

9. 

   The bride hath paced into the hall,

   Red as a rose is she.

10. 

    It is an ancient Mariner,

    And he stoppeth one of three.

    "By thy long gray beard and glittering eye,

    Now wherefore stopp'st thou me?"

11. 

    The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared,

    Merrily did we drop

    Below the kirk, below the hill,

    Below the light-house top.

12. 

    "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.