Reading No.32 - Helen Macdonald
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Big Read - A podcast by The Arts Institute Plymouth
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Helen Macdonald
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Recorded in Fitzrovia, London
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But soon I heard the dash of oars,
I heard the Pilot's cheer;
My head was turned perforce away
And I saw a boat appear.
The Pilot and the Pilot's boy,
I heard them coming fast:
Dear Lord in Heaven! it was a joy
The dead men could not blast.
I saw a third—I heard his voice:
It is the Hermit good!
He singeth loud his godly hymns
That he makes in the wood.
He'll shrieve my soul, he'll wash away
The Albatross's blood.
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