In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner one of the best-known & best-loved poems in the English language a grizzled old sailor stops a man on his way to a wedding & tells a terrifying story He speaks of how he doomed the crew of his ship by shooting dead an albatross awakened the wrath of ocean spirits met Death himself & must now walk the earth for ever & share his tragic tale of sin guilt &
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- redemption This Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's longest major poem features illustrations by Gustave Dore the most remarkable wood engraver of the nineteenth century & an introduction by writer & journalist Ned Halley Designed to appeal to the booklover the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful special gift editions of much loved classic titles Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love & treasure