finally expiated;

"And now this spell was snapt : once more The curse is I viewed the ocean green,

"Like one that on a lonesome road
Doth walk in fear and dread,

And having once turned round walks on,

And turns no more his head;

Because he knows, a frightful fiend

Doth close behind him tread.

And the ancient
Mariner be-

holdeth his na-
tive country.

"But soon there breathed a wind on me,

Nor sound nor motion made:

Its path was not upon the sea,

In ripple or in shade.

"It raised my hair, it fann'd my cheek,
Like a meadow-gale of spring-

It mingled strangely with my fears,
Yet it felt like a welcoming.

"Swiftly, swiftly flew the ship,
Yet she sailed softly too:
Sweetly, sweetly blew the breeze-
On me alone it blew.

"Oh! dream of joy! is this indeed
The light-house top I see?

Is this the hill? is this the kirk?
Is this mine own countree? ·

"We drifted o'er the harbour-bar,
And I with sobs did pray-

O let me be awake, my God!

Or let me sleep alway.