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"One after one, by the star-dogged Moon,
Too quick for groan or sigh,
Each turned his face with a ghastly pang,
And cursed me with his eye. 215
"Four times fifty living men,
(And I heard nor sigh nor groan)
With heavy thump, a lifeless lump,
They dropped down one by one.
"The souls did from their bodies fly,-- 220
They fled to bliss or woe!
And every soul, it passed me by,
Like the whizz of my cross-bow!"
PART IV
"I fear thee,[35] ancient Mariner!
I fear thy skinny hand! 225
And thou art long, and lank, and brown,[36]
As is the ribbed sea-sand,
"I fear thee and thy glittering eye,
And thy skinny hand, so brown."--
"Fear not, fear not, thou Wedding-Guest! 230
This body dropped not down.
"Alone, alone, all, all alone,
Alone on a wide, wide sea!
And never a saint took pity on
My soul in agony. 235
"The many men, so beautiful!
And they all dead did lie:
And a thousand thousand slimy things
Lived on; and so did I.
"I looked upon the rotting sea, 240
And drew my eyes away;
I looked upon the rotting deck,
And there the dead men lay.
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