Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834). From The Ancient Mariner. Robert Bridges, ed. 1916. The Spirit of Man: An Anthology

Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930). The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. 1916.

From The Ancient Mariner

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)


.. LIKE 1 one that on a lonesome road
Doth walk in fear and dread,
And having once turn’d round, walks on,
And turns no more his head;
Because he knows a frightful fiend	5
Doth close behind him tread …

Note 1. Coleridge. From ‘The Anc. Mariner’. [back]