by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834)
The Ancient Mariner See base text
Language: English
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?"
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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by John Corigliano (b. 1938), "The Ancient Mariner", 1959, published c1981, stanza 1, from Petit Fours (A Song Cyclette), no. 4
Text Authorship:
- by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834), appears in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, no. 1
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 82
Word count: 488