"The harbour-bay was clear as glass" (illustration for "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner") by Birket Foster, RA (original) (raw)

The harbour-bay was clear as glass

Birket Foster, RA

Wood engraving

Illustration to The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, p 41.

Lines illustrated:

The harbour-bay was clear as glass,
So smoothly it was strewn,
And on the bay the moonlight lay,
And the shadow of the moon.

Image capture, formatting, and text by George P. Landow

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