I dreamt that they were filled with dew; 300 66 My lips were wet, my throat was cold, My garments all were dank; Sure I had drunken in my dreams, And still my body drank. "I moved, and could not feel my limbs: 305 "And the coming wind did roar more loud, And the sails did sigh like sedge; And the rain poured down from one black cloud, 320 The Moon was at its edge. "The thick black cloud was cleft, and still The Moon was at its side: Like waters shot from some high crag, The lightning fell with never a jag, A river steep and wide. "The loud wind never reached the ship, Yet now the ship moved on! 325 Beneath the lightning and the Moon The dead men gave a groan. 330 They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose, 66 Nor spake, nor moved their eyes; It had been strange, even in a dream, To have seen those dead men rise. 66 The helmsman steered, the ship moved on; Yet never a breeze up blew ; 335 "I fear thee, ancient Mariner ! " "Be calm, thou Wedding-Guest! 'Twas not those souls that fled in pain, Which to their corses came again, But a troop of spirits blest: "For when it dawned 345 they dropped their arms, 350 And clustered round the mast; Sweet sounds rose slowly through their mouths, And from their bodies passed. "Around, around, flew each sweet sound, Then darted to the Sun; 355 |