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A treasure found at a used book fair. Every turn of the page includes a beautiful full page sketch to follow the poem. ⚓️

I‘ve loved this classic poem since I was a kid and lines often come back to me: “Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink.” My neighbour recently lent me her copy that reproduces Gustave Doré‘s lithographs in their original size and it‘s a treat. The drama and pathos are emphasized by the illustrations. #poetrymonth

The moving Moon went up the sky,
And nowhere did abide:
Softly she was going up,
And a star or two beside—

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:
It cracked and growled, and roared and howled,
Like noises in a swound!

#boat
#poetrymatters

Thanks for the #boat poems this morning. I‘m currently worrying while watching the lake around my boat freeze solid.

#ChristmasQuotes #ice

“The ice was here, the ice was there,
The ice was all around:
It cracked and growled, and roared and howled,
Like noises in a swound!”

As it's STC's birthday today, and sticking with a nautical theme...

@Palimpsest And, here's the other two Doré's. He was excellent at picking works to match his style of illustration 😊

Always liked this poem, so kind of cool to listen to on audio. 😊📚🎧 #jumpstart2020 @Clwojick @Lizpixie

And this complete with all my old annotations 😂

This is simply an enjoyable read. Well-written, interesting, beautiful and symbolic.

And is that Woman all her crew?
Is that a Death? and are there two?
Is Death that woman's mate?

Her lips were red, her looks were free,
Her locks were yellow as gold:
Her skin as white as leprosy,
The Night-mare Life-in-Death was she,
Who thicks men's blood with cold.

A review of illustrations: Where Doré beautifully catches the gothic mood of Coleridge's verse, Peake catches the macabre, tenebrous quality of the Mariner's feverish nightmare. In her introduction, Warner tells of how Peake's commissioning editor found his illustration of the Night-mare Life-in-Death too horrifying for its '40s British readership and her portrait was dropped from the first edition, though much reprinted since and included here.

I read The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in AP English. It was the first time I could see clearly all the symbols and metaphors a story could contain. #favoriteschoolread #riotgrams

“Water, #water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink”

Love my old, tiny, pocket edition ❤️📕
#noteworthynovember

Our tour in England took us to Watchet, a beautiful village along the Bristol Channel coast. This is the statue of the Ancient Mariner. Coleridge spent a lot of time in this area, we were told.

My favorite poem by Coleridge! This poem tells the story of a mariner that goes through a curse for killing an albatross, and he learns a valuable lesson in the end. Definitely recommend 👍

A very cool marked-up copy of Coleridge that I found in a Parisian bookstore today. 🗼🗼📚📚 Based on the inscription, someone did all this work back in the 1940s.

#usedbookstore #usedbooks #poetry

Here is the greatest read of my life. I was in highschool studying Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, when I had the opportunity to study this wonderful poem, which sheds some light on the work by Mary Shelley (she drew on Coleridge a lot).
#LitsyRiotLive

Alone, alone, all, all alone,
Alone on a wide wide sea!
And never a saint took pity on
My soul in agony.

Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.

I love this edition!!!! Such great illustrations!!

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