Page 498. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Page 498

Samuel Taylor Coleridge. (1772–1834)

5210

He holds him with his glittering eye,
And listens like a three years’ child. 1

The Ancient Mariner. Part i.

5211

Red as a rose is she.

The Ancient Mariner. Part i.

5212

We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea.

The Ancient Mariner. Part ii.

5213

As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.

The Ancient Mariner. Part ii.

5214

Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.

The Ancient Mariner. Part ii.

5215

Without a breeze, without a tide,
She steadies with upright keel.

The Ancient Mariner. Part iii.

5216

The nightmare Life-in-Death was she.

The Ancient Mariner. Part iii.

5217

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.

The Ancient Mariner. Part iii.

5218

And thou art long and lank and brown,
As is the ribbed sea-sand. 2

The Ancient Mariner. Part iv.

5219

Alone, alone,—all, all alone;
Alone on a wide, wide sea.

The Ancient Mariner. Part iv.

5220

The moving moon went up the sky,
And nowhere did abide;
Softly she was going up,
And a star or two beside.

The Ancient Mariner. Part iv.

5221

A spring of love gush’d from my heart,
And I bless’d them unaware.

The Ancient Mariner. Part iv.

Note 1.
Wordsworth, in his Notes to “We are Seven,” claims to have written this line. [back]

Note 2.
Coleridge says: “For these lines I am indebted to Mr. Wordsworth.” [back]