@
ProfessorPlum77 Yours is near and dear to the heart, and oft quoted by a close relative that grew up by the sea.
Yes the second is no other than John Masefield, but there are many classics written of the sea. Difficult to tell their authors apart at times.
Coleridge, his works are equally stirring, though...
[quote]The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (text of 1834)
BY SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
Argument
How a Ship having passed the Line was driven by storms to the cold Country towards the South Pole; and how from thence she made her course to the tropical Latitude of the Great Pacific Ocean; and of the strange things that befell; and in what manner the Ancyent Marinere came back to his own Country.
PART I
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?
The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide,
And I am next of kin;
The guests are met, the feast is set:
May'st hear the merry din.'
He holds him with his skinny hand,
'There was a ship,' quoth he.
'Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!'
Eftsoons his hand dropt he.
He holds him with his glittering eye—
The Wedding-Guest stood still,
And listens like a three years' child:
The Mariner hath his will........
...............................
.............
.......
- https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43997/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-text-of-1834
