The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge - LightNovelsOnl.com
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[103] The breezes blew L. B. 1798, 1800.
[104] [190:A]The furrow stream'd off free S. L. 1817.
[190:A] In the former editions the line was,
The furrow follow'd free:
But I had not been long on board a s.h.i.+p, before I perceived that this was the image as seen by a spectator from the sh.o.r.e, or from another vessel. From the s.h.i.+p itself, the _Wake_ appears like a brook flowing off from the stern. _Note to S.
L. 1817._
[116] nor . . . nor] ne . . . ne L. B. 1798.
[122] Nor] Ne L. B. 1798.
[123] deep] deeps L. B. 1798, 1800.
[139] well a-day] wel-a-day L. B. 1798, 1800.
[Between 143 and 149]
I saw a something in the sky No bigger than my fist; At first it seem'd, &c.
L. B. 1798.
[Between 143 and 147]
So past a weary time, each throat Was parch'd and glaz'd each eye, When looking westward, &c.
L. B. 1800.
[Lines 143-8 of the text in their present shape were added in Sibylline Leaves, 1817.]
PART III] III L. B. 1798, 1800: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Part the Third, S. L. 1828, 1829.
[154] And still it ner'd and ner'd. L. B. 1798, 1800.
[155] And, an it dodg'd L. B. 1798: And, as if it dodg'd L. B. 1800, S.
L. 1817.
[157-60]
With throat unslack'd with black lips baked Ne could we laugh, ne wail, Then while thro' drouth all dumb they stood I bit my arm, and suck'd the blood
L. B. 1798.
[157] With throat unslack'd, &c. L. B. 1800, 1802, S. L. 1817.
[160] Till I bit my arm and suck'd the blood L. B. 1800.
[162] With throat unslack'd, &c. L. B. 1798, 1800, 1802, S. L. 1817.
[167-70]
She doth not tack from side to side-- Hither to work us weal.
Withouten wind, withouten tide She steddies with upright keel.
L. B. 1798.
[170] She steddies L. B. 1800, S. L. 1817.
[177] straight] strait L. B. 1798, 1800.
[182] neres and neres L. B. 1798, 1800.
[183] _her_] her 1834, _and also in_ 185 _and_ 190.
[Between 184-90]
Are those her naked ribs, which fleck'd The sun that did behind them peer?
And are those two all, all the crew,[193:A]
That woman and her fleshless Pheere?
_His_ bones were black with many a crack, All black and bare I ween; Jet-black and bare, save where with rust Of mouldy damps and charnel crust They're patch'd with purple and green.
L. B. 1798.
Are those _her_ ribs which fleck'd the Sun Like the bars of a dungeon grate?
And are those two all, all the crew That woman and her mate?
MS. Correction of S. T. C. in L. B. 1798.
Are those _her_ Ribs, thro' which the Sun Did peer as thro' a grate?
And are those two all, all her crew, That Woman, and her Mate?
_His_ bones were black with many a crack
They were patch'd with purple and green.
L. B. 1800.
This s.h.i.+p it was a plankless thing, --A bare Anatomy!
A plankless spectre--and it mov'd Like a Being of the Sea!
The woman and a fleshless man Therein sate merrily.
His bones were black, &c. (as in 1800).
