Dec 23, 2023
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Big read
Reading no. 29
Reader: Stephen Dillane
(Photo of SD from here.)
Artwork: Derek Jarman, Untitled
(Art from big read website here.)
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Swiftly, swiftly flew the ship,
Yet she sailed softly too:
Sweetly, sweetly blew the breeze—
On me alone it blew.
Oh! dream of joy! is this indeed
The light-house top I see?
Is this the hill? is this the kirk?
Is this mine own countree?
We drifted o'er the harbour-bar,
And I with sobs did pray—
O let me be awake, my God!
Or let me sleep alway.