--- data/mariner.txt +++ data/marinerx.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ It is an ancient Mariner, And he stoppeth one of three. "By thy long grey beard and glittering eye, -Now wherefore stopp'st thou me? +Now wherefore stoppest thou me? "The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide, And I am next of kin; @@ -18,10 +18,5 @@ And listens like a three years child: The Mariner hath his will. -The Wedding-Guest sat on a stone: -He cannot chuse but hear; -And thus spake on that ancient man, -The bright-eyed Mariner. - The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared, Merrily did we drop @@ -35,6 +30,7 @@ Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon-- +Wondering about the wretched loon The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, For he heard the loud bassoon. @@ -92,8 +88,8 @@ In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud, It perched for vespers nine; -Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white, -Glimmered the white Moon-shine. +While all the night, through fog-smoke white, +Glimmered the white Moonshine. "God save thee, ancient Mariner! From the fiends, that plague thee thus!--