...stream'd off 1817 116 nor . . . nor] ne . . . ne LB1 122 Nor] Ne LBI The water, like a witch's oils, 130 Burnt green, and blue and white. And some in dreams assured were A spirit had Of the spirit that plagued us so; followed them; one of Nine fathom deep he had followed...

...rot: O Christ! That ever this should be! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea. About, about, in reel and rout The death-fires danced at night; The water, like a witch's oils, Bumt green, and blue and white. 150 A Spirit had And some in dreams assured were followed them; ,-w-...

...behind him' (The White Seal, The Jungle Book, 1 894). Compare Coleridge, The Ancient Mariner 1 2.8—30: The death-fires danced at night; The water, like a witch's oils, Burnt green, and blue, and white. 15, 17 name . . . teeth of flame: Wilde rhymes 'teeth of flame' with 'name', The Ballad of Reading...

...things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea. About, about, in reel and rout The death-fires danced all night; The water, like a witch's oils, Burnt green, and blue and white. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' CHAPTER 5 Water resources and pollution...

...the cell that has evolved to enable survival of A. tamarensisin deep coastal waters. Bioluminescence About, about, in reel and rout The death-fires danced...like a witch's oils Burnt green, and blue, and white Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Mariners from early times have marveled at...

...rot: O Christ! That ever this should be! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea. About, about, in reel and rout The death-fires danced...assured were Of the Spirit that plagued us so; Nine fathoms deep he had followed us From the land of mist and snow . learned Jew, Josephus, and thePlatonic...

...text at this point a kind of dream-withina-dream, with a consequently enigmatic relationship to truth: And some in dreams assured were Of the spirit that...he had followed us From the land of mist and snow. The shipmates' interpretation of their dreams occurs almost immediately after their disastrous misinterpretation...

...part in the creation of this unusual poem: Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea. About, about, in reel and rout The death-fires danced...like a witch's oils, Burnt green, and blue and white. The literati were certainly not the only well-known users of opium and other hard drugs as the following...

...The water, like a witch's oils, Burnt green, and blue and white. And some in dreams assured were 135 Of the Spirit that plagued us so; Nine fathom deep...of mist and snow. And every tongue, through utter drought, Was withered at the root; 1 40 We could not speak, no more than if We had been choked with...

...tropical Pacific, which was so very exotic, continues in all editions to reek of the village churchyard: About, about, in reel and rout, The Death-fires danced...like a witch's oils, Burnt green and blue and white. The OED gives no previous authority for death-fires, a kind of will-of-the-wisp seen over graves, already...