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The Mariner

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The violet scent is sacred     Like dreams of angels bright;     The hawthorn smells of passion     Told in a moonless night.     But the smell is in my nostrils,     Through blossoms red or gold,     Of my own green flower unfading,     A bitter smell and bold.     The lily smells of pardon,     The rose of mirth; but mine     Smells shrewd of death and honour,     And the doom of Adam's line.     The heavy scent of wine-shops     Floats as I pass them by,     But never a cup I quaff from,     And never a house have I.     Till dropped down forty fathoms,     I lie eternally;     And drink from God's own goblet     The green wine of the sea.

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