StNicholas [serial] . THE ALBATROSS AS AN EMBLEM OF GOOD Ancient Mariner (in the poem of that name by Coleridge) admitted that with his crossbow he shot an albatross. His mates then claimedthat good luck had abandoned the ship, for he had killed the bird that made the breeze to blow. The ship was becalmed for many days, andthere was intense suffering for lack of water to drink. Then the shipmates hung the dead albatross around his neck as a token of his disgrace. THE ALBATROSS The albatross, that wanderer of the seas, sooften referred to in prose and poem, is neverthe-less a stranger
StNicholas [serial] . THE ALBATROSS AS AN EMBLEM OF GOOD Ancient Mariner (in the poem of that name by Coleridge) admitted that with his crossbow he shot an albatross. His mates then claimedthat good luck had abandoned the ship, for he had killed the bird that made the breeze to blow. The ship was becalmed for many days, andthere was intense suffering for lack of water to drink. Then the shipmates hung the dead albatross around his neck as a token of his disgrace. THE ALBATROSS The albatross, that wanderer of the seas, sooften referred to in prose and poem, is neverthe-less a stranger to the average person, and bysome is even considered a myth. In ColeridgesThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner the albatrossplays a leading part, and one sorrows for thepoor bird which, after following the ship forweeks, is pitilessly shot down by a mariner. The albatross is the largest sea-bird having thepower of flight, and is closely allied to the. gull,petrel, and Mother Careys chicken. It has a tre- body is about four
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