...every tongue, through ntter drought, Was withcr'd at the root; We could not speak, no more than Wo . There pass'da weary time. Each thron Was parch'd, and glazed each eye. A weary time ! a weary time...

...danced at night : The water, like a witch's oils, Burnt green, and blue, and white. And every tongue, through utter drought, Was withered at the root :...speak no more than if We had been choked with soot. There passed a weary time : each throat Was parched, and glazed each eye ; When, looking westward,...

...alienates himself from nature, his shipmates, and God, but also loses his speech: And every tongue, through utter drought. Was withered at the root; We...speak, no more than if We had been choked with soot. (135-38)7 Consequently, the Mariner remains silent during most of the action recorded in his tale....

...They are very numerous, and there is no climate or element without one or more. 135 And every tongue, through utter drought, Was withered at the root; We...no more than if We had been choked with soot. Ah! well a-day! what evil looks The shipmates, in wo Had I from old and young! thcir sore distress, Instead...

...shot their good-luck bird. They decided that the Ancient Mariner must be punished. Ah! well a-day! what evil looks Had I from old and young! Instead...the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung. The sailors continued to suffer under the blazing sun, unable to sail away because there was no wind. There...

...consulted. Thev are verv numerous, and there is no climate or element without one or And every tongue, through utter drought. Was withered at the root; We...speak, no more than if We had been choked with soot. The shipmates, Ah! well a-dav! what evil looks in their sore , , \ , - ij . distress, would Had ' from...

...more incomprehensible. The untrammelled rule of logic and reason had come to an end: Ah! Well a day! What evil looks Had I from old and young! Instead of the cross, the albatross Around my neck was hung.7 Oh rose, Thou art sick! The invisible worm That flies in the night Hath found...

...riddle, "Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness." Ah! well a-day! what evil looks Had I from old and young! Instead...of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung. SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE, (1772-1834) British poet, critic. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," pt. 2,...

...the ancient Mariner: in sign whereof they hang the dead sea bird around his neck. And every tongue, through utter drought, Was withered at the root; We...of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung. PART III There passed a weary time. Each throat Was parched and glazed each eye. A weary time! a weary...

...told the tale of a seaman who tragically killed an albatross: "Ah! well a-day! what evil looks/Had I from old and young! /Instead of the cross, the Albatross/ About my neck was hung." Also, a burden or encumbrance, causing deep anxiety. Alberes The easternmost section of the Pyrenees...