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Reading: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1800)
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, first published 1798. One of my favorite poems. This is the version from Lyrical Ballads, 1800, assembled by William Wordsworth; the title of this edition is "The Ancient Mariner", but it's generally been published as "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" ever since then. Note that I prize running through readings in a natural way over total accuracy, so I have a few missed or displaced words in the reading; I encourage you to read the poem, as if any parts of this are hard to understand it will make sense on the page and carry its power.
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lyrical_Ballads_(1800)/Volume_1/The_Ancient_Mariner
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Reuploaded with higher quality on September 5th 2024.