![]() Suddenly the wind and mist ceased, and the ship was stagnant on the ocean. One day, however, the Ancient Mariner shot and killed the Albatross on impulse. As long as the Albatross flew alongside the ship and the sailors treated it kindly, a good wind carried them and a mist followed. ![]() No sooner than the sailors fed it did the ice break and they were able to steer through. The towering, echoing "rime" was bewildering and impenetrable, and also desolate until an Albatross appeared out of the mist. Suddenly, a terrible storm hit and drove the ship southwards into a "rime" - a strange, icy patch of ocean. The day was sunny and clear, and all were in good cheer until the ship reached the equator. One day when he was younger, the Ancient Mariner set sail with two hundred other sailors from his native land. The Ancient Mariner tells his tale, largely interrupted save for the sounds from the wedding reception and the Wedding Guest's fearsome interjections. ![]() ![]() ![]() He tries to resist the Ancient Mariner, who compels him to sit and listen to his woeful tale. An Ancient Mariner, unnaturally old and skinny, with deeply-tanned skin and a "glittering eye", stops a Wedding Guest who is on his way to a wedding reception with two companions. ![]()
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