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With bleeding wounds; forgive me, that I cherished

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̈And what,” I said, "though Blasphemy's One thought that ever blessed your cruel

loud scream

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The dissonance ceased, and all seemed calm and bright;

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When France her front deep-scarred and gory

Concealed with clustering wreaths of glory;

When, insupportably advancing,

Her arm made mockery of the warrior's ramp;

While timid looks of fury glancing, 55 Domestic treason, crushed beneath her fatal stamp,

Writhed like a wounded dragon in his gore;

Then I reproached my fears that would not flee;

"And soon," I said, "shall Wisdom teach her lore

In the low huts of them that toil and groan; 60

And, conquering by her happiness alone, Shall France compel the nations to be free,

Till Love and Joy look round, and call the earth their own."

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foes!

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Forgive me, Freedom! Oh forgive those Alike from Priestcraft's harpy minions, 95 dreams!

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And factious Blasphemy's obscener slaves, Thou speedest on thy subtle pinions, The guide of homeless winds, and play

mate of the waves!

And there I felt thee!-on that sea-cliff's verge,

Whose pines, scarce travelled by the

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Yes, while I stood and gazed, my temples | And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean: bare,

And shot my being through earth, sea, and
air,

Possessing all things with intensest love,
O Liberty! my spirit felt thee there. 105

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And 'mid this tumult Kubla heard from far

Ancestral voices prophesying war!

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The shadow of the dome of pleasure
Floated midway on the waves;
Where was heard the mingled measure
From the fountain and the caves.

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"By thy long gray beard

and glittering eye, Now wherefore stopp'st thou me?

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"The Bridegroom's doors
are opened wide,
And I am next of kin;
The guests are met, the

feast is set:
May'st hear the merry din."

a wedding-feast, and detaineth one.

The Wedding

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And thus spake on that ancient man,

Eftsoons his hand dropt he. The bright-eyed Mariner:

Guest is spell He holds him with his

bound by the eye of the old seafaring and Con

man,

strained to hear his tale.

The Mariner tells how the ship sailed southward with a good wind and fair weather till it

reached the Line.

The Wedding

Guest heareth the bridal music; but

the Mariner con

tinueth his tale.

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"It ate the food it ne'er For all averred, I had
killed the bird

had eat,
And round and round it That made the breeze to

flew.

The ice did split with a

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"God save thee, ancient
Mariner!

killeth the pious From the fiends, that plague

bird of good omen.

His shipmates cry

out against the ancient Mariner for

thee thus!

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killing the bird of And it would work 'em good luck.

woe;

blow.

Ah wretch! said they, the

bird to slay

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That made the breeze to

blow!

"Nor dim nor red, like
God's own head,

The glorious sun uprist:

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Then all averred, I had plices in the crime.

killed the bird

That brought the fog and

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'Twas right, said they, such

birds to slay,

That bring the fog and mist.

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