Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And hav…

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread. ✨ 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' (1798) pt. 6
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Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread. ✨ 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' (1798) pt. 6

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