{"id":571,"date":"2017-08-15T21:56:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T20:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/murpworks.com\/lightonalens\/?p=571"},"modified":"2017-08-18T22:04:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T21:04:10","slug":"ancient-mariner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murpworks.com\/lightonalens\/2017\/08\/15\/ancient-mariner\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ancient Mariner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-576\" src=\"https:\/\/murpworks.com\/lightonalens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/theAncientMariner_I_BW-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The Ancient Mariner I B+W image\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/murpworks.com\/lightonalens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/theAncientMariner_I_BW-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/murpworks.com\/lightonalens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/theAncientMariner_I_BW-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/murpworks.com\/lightonalens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/theAncientMariner_I_BW-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/murpworks.com\/lightonalens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/theAncientMariner_I_BW-1280x1920.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>12 August 2017<\/h4>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner\">Rime of the Ancient Mariner<\/a> is a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge written in 1797-98.<\/p>\n<p>Coleridge lived in Nether Stowey and it was whilst here that he visited <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visit-watchet.co.uk\">Watchet<\/a>. It was the harbour at Watchet that provided the inspiration to write\u00a0The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. His longest work.<\/p>\n<p>The above statue commemorates Coleridge and his magnificent poem.<\/p>\n<p>The poem can be found in its entirety <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/151\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-572 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/murpworks.com\/lightonalens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/theAncientMariner_BW-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Ancient Mariner B+W image\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/murpworks.com\/lightonalens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/theAncientMariner_BW-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/murpworks.com\/lightonalens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/theAncientMariner_BW-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/murpworks.com\/lightonalens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/theAncientMariner_BW-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/murpworks.com\/lightonalens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/theAncientMariner_BW-1280x1920.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>Fujifilm X100F<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>12 August 2017 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge written in 1797-98. Coleridge lived in Nether Stowey and it was whilst here that he visited Watchet. It was the harbour at Watchet that provided the inspiration to write\u00a0The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. His longest work. 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