The ship was cheered

Willy Pogány

c. 1910

Watercolor

6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches; with border: 7 1/2 x 5 1/16 inches

From Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner:

The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared,
     Merrily we did drop
Below the kirk, below the hill,
     Below the light-house top.

  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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