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THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER IN SEVEN PARTS THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER IN SEVEN PARTS BY SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE 1 THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER IN SEVEN PARTS PART THE FIRST. It is an ancient Mariner, And he stoppeth one of three. By thy long grey beard and glittering eye, Now wherefore stoppst thou me? The Bridegrooms doors are opened wide, And I am next of kin; The guests are met, the feast is set: Mayst hear the merry din. He holds him with his skinny hand, There was a ship, quoth he. Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon! Eftsoons his hand dropt he. He holds him with his glittering eye-- The Wedding-Guest stood still, And listens like a three years child: The Mariner hath his will. The Wedding-Guest sat on a stone: He cannot chuse but hear; And thus spake on that ancient man, The bright-eyed Mariner. The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared, Merrily did we drop Below the kirk, below the hill, Below the light-house top. The Sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he! And he shone bright, and on the right Went down into the sea. Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon-- The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, For he heard the loud bassoon. The bride hath paced into the hall, Red as a rose is she; Nodding their heads before her goes The merry minstrelsy. The Wedding-Guest he beat his breast, Yet he cannot chuse but hear; And thus spake on that ancient man, The bright-eyed Mariner. And now the STORM-BLAST came, and he Was tyrannous and strong: He struck with his oertaking wings, And chased south along. With sloping masts and dipping prow, As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled. And now there came both mist and snow, And it grew wondrous cold: And ice, mast-high, came floating by, As green as emerald. And through the drifts the snowy clifts Did send a dismal s