 He holds him with his glittering eye — The wedding-guest stood still, And listens like a three-years' child : The Mariner hath his will. The wedding-guest sat on a stone : He cannot choose but hear ; And thus spake on that ancient man, The bright-eyed...  The Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Page 94by Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1857 - 388 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1872 - 660 pages
...like a three-years' child : The mariner hath his will. The wedding-guest sat on a stone ; He can not choose but hear ; And thus spake on that ancient man,...bright-eyed mariner : — " The ship was cheered, the harbor cleared : Merrily did we drop Below the kirk, below the hill, Below the lighthouse top. " The... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1872 - 134 pages
...Nodding their heads, before her goes The merry minstrelsy. The wedding-guest he beat his breast, Yet he cannot choose but hear! And thus spake on that ancient man, The bright-eyed Mariner. And now the storm-blast came, and he Was tyrannous and strong ; He struck with his o'ertaking wings,... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...hear ; And thus spake on that ancient man, The bright-eyed mariner : "The ship was cheered, the harbor And Edith wi пегМ!и?~ The sun came up upon the left, shi" Si d ^u* °^ *'le sea calne 'ie > southward. And... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 pages
...their heads, before her goes The merry minstrelsy. The wedding-guest he beat his breast, Yet he can not choose but hear ; And thus spake on that ancient man, The bright-eyed mariner : — " And now the storm-blast came ; and he Was tyrannous and strong : He struck with his o'ertaking... | |
 | Richard Machin, Christopher Norris - 1987 - 422 pages
...action or progress of the poem hovers in a temporal limbo: The Wedding-Guest he beat his breast, Yet he cannot choose but hear; And thus spake on that ancient man, The bright-eyed Mariner. (lines 37-40) And even such a basic question as that of the Mariner's motive for killing the bird is... | |
 | Mark Neuman, Michael Payne - 1987 - 196 pages
...create an original pattern of particulars: a work of art" (p. 173). 18. These are lines 22-24, p. 187 ("Merrily did we drop / Below the kirk, below the hill, / Below the lighthouse top"); lines 25-28, p. 197 ("The Sun came up upon the left, / Out of the sea came he! / And he shone bright,... | |
 | Eugene O'Neill - 1988 - 458 pages
...ascends to the top step. The House fades and disappears. The Wedding-Guest he beat his breast, Yet he cannot choose but hear; And thus spake on that ancient man, The bright-eyed Mariner. MARINER And now the storm-blast came, and he Was tyrannous and strong: He struck with his o'ertaking... | |
 | Jonathan Holden - 2008 - 166 pages
...— The Wedding-Guest stood still, And listens like a three years' child: The Mariner hath his will. The Wedding-Guest sat on a stone: He cannot choose...on that ancient man, The bright-eyed Mariner. The aim of Coleridge's tactic here is self-evident. Since the poem is going to be read, and since Coleridge... | |
 | Jack Stillinger - 1994 - 268 pages
...a three years' child: sea-faring man, and The Mariner hath his Will. constrained to hear his tale. The wedding-guest sat on a stone: He cannot choose but hear; And thus spake on that ancient man, 20 The bright-eyed Mariner. The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared, Merrily did we drop Below the... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...Nodding their heads before her goes The merry minstrelsy, The Wedding-Guest he beat his breast. Yet he cannot choose but hear; And thus spake on that ancient man. The bright-eyed Mariner. "And now the STORM-BLAST came, and he Was tyrannous and strong: He struck with his o'ertaking wings.... | |
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