'God save thee, ancient Mariner!
From the fiends that plague thee thus!—
Why look'st thou so?'—With my cross-bow
I shot the Albatross.


'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' (1798) pt. 1


'God save thee, ancient Mariner! From the fiends that plague thee thus!— Why look'st thou so?'—With my cross-bow I shot the Albatross.

'God save thee, ancient Mariner! From the fiends that plague thee thus!— Why look'st thou so?'—With my cross-bow I shot the Albatross.

'God save thee, ancient Mariner! From the fiends that plague thee thus!— Why look'st thou so?'—With my cross-bow I shot the Albatross.

'God save thee, ancient Mariner! From the fiends that plague thee thus!— Why look'st thou so?'—With my cross-bow I shot the Albatross.