"The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide," illustration for "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Edward Henry Wehnert (1813–68) (original) (raw)

The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide

Edward Henry Wehnert (1813–68)

1857

Wood engraving

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, p. 9

The lines illustrated:

The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide
And I am next of kin.
The guests are net, the food is set:
May'st hear the merry din.

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge (homepage)

Formatting, image capture, and text by George P. Landow.

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