Well-A-Day

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A man is kneeling on the deck of a boat a dead albatross hanging from his neck

Ah, well-a-day! What evil looks
Had I from old and young
Instead of the cross the albatross
About my neck was hung.

Artist

Name:: Cole, Herbert
Dates:: 1867-1930
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Etching
Engraver:: Colls, Walter L.
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: The rime of the ancient mariner
Author:: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Publisher:: Boston: L. C. Page and Company, 1900
Open Library:: View record

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A man is kneeling on the deck of a boat, lamenting, a dead albatross with its wings spread hanging from his neck.

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