Upon the Ancient Mariner

It wasn't the first time I read this masterpiece by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Neither was it the first time I was moved by it. The inspiration had built up over the years till the following verse of appreciation came about.

Upon the Ancient Mariner (3-5-1994)

This is the finest poetry
That any human framed
(That’s how I feel, while another may
For another work the honour claim).

Thy adventures, O mariner,
Upon the ghastly sea,
Wiser made the wedding guest
And wiser they made me.

I owe thee lot, O poet great,
Thou made a kinder man of me;
And greater I love them today-
My earth-mates of all decree.