[40-29] That is, the waning moon. Did you ever see the moon "with one bright star within the nether tip"? [41-30] In his notes on the poem, Coleridge stated that the last two lines of this stanza were composed by Wordsworth. [42-31] Can you see any reason for the repetition in this line, and for the unusual length? Does it suggest the _load_ and the _weariness_ in the next line? [43-32] This is the turning point of the poem. As soon as the mariner felt in his heart love for the "happy living things," the spell which had been laid on him for the wanton slaying of the albatross began to break. In the third stanza from the end of the poem, this point is clearly brought out. [44-33] _Silly_ here means _helpless, useless_. [44-34] _Sheen_ means bright, _glittering_. [45-35] Note this fine alliterative line. [49-36] The mariner has been thrown into a trance, for the ship is being driven northward faster than a human being could endure. [50-37] A charnel-dungeon is a vault or chamber underneath or near a church, where the bones of the dead are laid. [50-38] The sin is finally expiated. [52-39] The holy rood is the holy cross. [52-40] "The silence sank like music on my heart," is among the beautiful lines that you will often hear quoted. [53-41] An ivy-tod is a thick clump of ivy. [57-42] A friend of Coleridge's once told him that she admired _The Ancient Mariner_, but had a serious fault to find with it--it had no moral. Do you think, as you read this stanza, that her objection was a valid one? [Illustration] THE BLACK HAWK TRAGEDY[58-1] _By_ EDWIN D. COE