The rock shone bright, the kirk no less

The rock shone bright, the kirk no less

Willy Pogány

c. 1910

Photographic process reproduction of pen and ink drawing

6 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches

Lines illustrated from Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

The rock shone bright, the kirk no less
     That stands above the rock:
The moonlight steeped in silentness
     The steady weathercock.

And the bay was white with silent light,
     Till rising from the same,
Full many shapes, that shadows were,
     In crimson colours came.

  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • Scanned image and text by George P. Landow

    [You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the person who scanned the image and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.]