← And thus spake on that ancient man, The bright-eyed Mariner. 🔊
← And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea! 🔊
← We could not speak, no more than if We had been choked with soot. 🔊
← They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose, Nor spake, nor moved their eyes; 🔊
← 'But tell me, tell me! speak again, Thy soft response renewing— 🔊
← The boat came closer to the ship, But I nor spake nor stirred; 🔊