Break the Silence of the Sea

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A ship is seen from below the surface as strange-looking fish are swimming around — 'Twas sad as could be;
And we did speak only to break
The silence of the sea!

Artist

Name:: Metcalfe, Gerald Fenwick
Dates:: fl. 1890-1930
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Landscapes & places
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: The poems of Coleridge
Author(s):: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Publisher:: London, New York: John Lane, n.d. [1907]
Open Library:: View record.

Description

A ship is seen from below the surface of the ocean as strange-looking fish are swimming around in mid-water.

Keywords: 1900s, 20th century, black & white, eerie, fish, seascape, ship, The rime of the ancient mariner, underwater