pst0VCS::Lite::Element 2004-12-05T18:09:01created 2004-12-05T18:13:45updated ivorauthor Initial version description1 2004-12-05T18:17:35updated ivorauthor > description2 generation 3latest VCS::Lite::Store::Storablestore ivorcreatorź +1 It is an ancient Mariner, And he stoppeth one of three. -2 - "By thy long grey beard and glittering eye, =2 +2 . <> =2 =3 +3 Mayest hear the merry din.>> =3 $ He holds him with his skinny hand, -2 "There was a ship," quoth he. ) "Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!" =2 +2 ! <> quoth he. + <> =2 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: -3 & He struck with his o'ertaking wings, =3 +3 & He struck with his overtaking wings, =3 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 sheen: ' Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken-- The ice was all between. & The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around: 0 It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound! # 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. -3 # It ate the food it ne'er had eat, =3 +3 # It ate the food it never had eat, =3 And round and round it flew. ' The ice did split with a thunder-fit; " The helmsman steered us through! ) And a good south wind sprung up behind; The Albatross did follow, " And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariners' hollo! & In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud, It perched for vespers nine; 0 Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white, ! Glimmered the white Moon-shine. -2 " "God save thee, ancient Mariner! =2 +2 # <>--With my cross-bow =2 =3 +3 + Why lookest thou so?>>--With my cross-bow =3 I shot the ALBATROSS. =1 contents 2004-12-05T18:17:35updated O/home/ivor/dev/VCS/Lite/Repository/VCS-Lite-Repository-0.09/example/mariner.txtpath