"There was a ship" (illustration for "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner") by Birket Foster, RA (original) (raw)

There was a ship

Birket Foster, RA

Wood engraving

Illustration to The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, p 7.

Lines illustrated:

Day after day, day after day,
We stuck nor breath, nor motion,
As idle as a painted ship,
Upon a painted ocean

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

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