87. And the good south wind still blew behind,

But no sweet bird did follow,

Nor any day for food or play
Came to the mariners' hoio!

91. And I had done a hellish thing,
And it would work 'em woe;

For all averred I had killed the bird
That made the breeze to blow;

Ah wretch! said they, the bird to slay,
That made the breeze to blow !

97. Nor dim nor red, like God's own head
The glorious sun uprist;

Then all averred I had killed the bird
That brought the fog and mist.

"Twas right, said they, such birds to slay,
That bring the fog and mist.

103. The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free;

We were the first that ever burst

Into that silent sea.

107. Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'Twas sad as sad could be!

And we did speak only to break
The silence of the sea!

III. All in a hot and copper sky,
The bloody sun, at noon,

Right up above the mast did stand,
No bigger than the moon.

115. Day after day, day after day,

We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.

119. Water, water, everywhere,

And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,

Nor any drop to drink.

123. The very deep did rot; O Christ! That ever this should be !

Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs
Upon the slimny sea.

127. About, about, in reel and rout
The death fires danced at night;
The water, like a witch's oils,
Burnt green, and blue, and white.

131. And some in dreams assured were
Of the Spirit that plagued us so ;
Nine fathom deep he had follow'd us
From the land of mist and snow.

135. And every tongue, through utter drought,
Was withered at the root;

We could not speak no more than if
We had been choked with soot.

139. Ah! well-a-day! what evil looks
Had I from old and young ;
Instead of the cross, the albatross
About my neck was hung.

8. May'st hear-Thou mayest hear. II. Loon-A rogue, a cheat.

12. Eftsoons-At once, quickly.

15. Like a three-years' child—Looked up in wonder; offered no resistance.

25. Upon the left-The ship sailing southwards the sun would rise on the left hand, that is, the east; and set on the right hand, that is the west.

32. Bassoon-A brass instrument for playing the bass part in a piece of music.

42. Tyrannous—All powerful.

44. Chased us-Drove us before him.

45. Prow-The head or foremost part of a vessel.

56. A dismal sheen--A dull light, instead of the bright sparkling light ger.erally given out by snow.

57. Ken-Know, distinguish.

62. Like noises in a swound—Like the burring, confused noise in the ear when a person is in a swoon or fainting fit.

63. Albatross-The largest of sea-birds, mostly white in colour; found from the tropics to the waters of the Antarctic Ocean.

71. A good south wind-Which carried them from the icy waters of the Antarctic Ocean to the more pleasant waters of the Tropics.

76. Vespers Evening prayer, as opposed to matins or morning prayer.

80. Fiends-Evil spirits.

90. Hollo-Call.

92. It would work 'em woe-Sailors were superstitious regarding the albatross, believing that to shoot one of these birds was to bring bad luck to the vessel. Consequently all the misfortunes that befell the sailors on the return voyage are attributed to the Ancient Mariner' shooting the albatross.

93. Averred-Declared, swore.

97. Like God's own head-Bright glowing.

98. Uprist-Rose up.

107. Down dropt the breeze-There are certain parts of the ocean near the Tropics where an ordinary sailing ship may remain for days without a breath of wind to blow her along, making her as useless as a 'painted ship upon a painted ocean.'

113. Up above the mast-They were now near the Equator and the sun was perpendicular.

114. No bigger, &c.-The more perpendicular the sun and the smaller it appears, the lower the sun and the larger; thus the sun appears very large when setting.

127. In reel and rout, &c. -In and out in a kind of maddening dance.

seas.

128. Death fires- Referring to the phosphorescence of the tropical In our own country sailors give it the name of 'fox fire.' 131. Assured-Made certain.

133. Nine fathom-Sailors measure the depth of water by the fathom, which is 2 yards or 6 feet in length.

[When William of Normandy conquered England he dispossessed the Saxons of their estates in order to reward those who had assisted him in conquering the country. Many of the dispossessed Saxons, rather than submit to the yoke of the conqueror, left their native land, and sought refuge on the Continent, large numbers gaining employment under the Greek emperor at Constantinople. These latter composed what was known as the 'Varangian guard,' and formed not only the Emperor's bodyguard, but the principal regiment in his army.

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cause.