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The Ancient Mariner Big Read was commissioned by The Arts Institute, University of Plymouth. Supported by The Box, Plymouth; The Edge Andrew Brownsword Gallery, University of Bath; John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton; The Marine Institute, University of Plymouth; Arts Council England and dBs Pro.

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Farewell, farewell! but this I tell

He prayeth best, who loveth best

The Mariner, whose eye is bright,

He went like one that hath been stunned,

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O Wedding-Guest! this soul hath been

O sweeter than the marriage-feast,

To walk together to the kirk,

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Since then, at an uncertain hour,

I pass, like night, from land to land;

What loud uproar bursts from that door!

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And now, all in my own countree,

'O shrieve me, shrieve me, holy man!'

Forthwith this frame of mine was wrenched

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Upon the whirl, where sank the ship,

I moved my lips—the Pilot shrieked

I took the oars: the Pilot's boy,

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The boat came closer to the ship,

Under the water it rumbled on,

Stunned by that loud and dreadful sound,

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'Strange, by my faith!' the Hermit said—

Brown skeletons of leaves that lag

'Dear Lord! it hath a fiendish look—

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This Hermit good lives in that wood

He kneels at morn, and noon, and eve—

The skiff-boat neared: I heard them talk,

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But soon I heard the dash of oars,

The Pilot and the Pilot's boy,

I saw a third—I heard his voice:

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