[139] well a-day] wel-a-day L. B. 1798, 1800. [Between 143 and 149] I saw a something in the sky No bigger than my fist; At first it seem'd, &c. L. B. 1798. [Between 143 and 147] So past a weary time, each throat Was parch'd and glaz'd each eye, When looking westward, &c. L. B. 1800. [Lines 143-8 of the text in their present shape were added in Sibylline Leaves, 1817.] PART III] III L. B. 1798, 1800: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Part the Third, S. L. 1828, 1829. [154] And still it ner'd and ner'd. L. B. 1798, 1800. [155] And, an it dodg'd L. B. 1798: And, as if it dodg'd L. B. 1800, S. L. 1817. [157-60] With throat unslack'd with black lips baked Ne could we laugh, ne wail, Then while thro' drouth all dumb they stood I bit my arm, and suck'd the blood L. B. 1798. [157] With throat unslack'd, &c. L. B. 1800, 1802, S. L. 1817. [160] Till I bit my arm and suck'd the blood L. B. 1800. [162] With throat unslack'd, &c. L. B. 1798, 1800, 1802, S. L. 1817. [167-70] She doth not tack from side to side-- Hither to work us weal. Withouten wind, withouten tide She steddies with upright keel. L. B. 1798. [170] She steddies L. B. 1800, S. L. 1817. [177] straight] strait L. B. 1798, 1800. [182] neres and neres L. B. 1798, 1800. [183] _her_] her 1834, _and also in_ 185 _and_ 190. [Between 184-90] Are those her naked ribs, which fleck'd The sun that did behind them peer? And are those two all, all the crew,[193:A] That woman and her fleshless Pheere? _His_ bones were black with many a crack, All black and bare I ween; Jet-black and bare, save where with rust Of mouldy damps and charnel crust They're patch'd with purple and green. L. B. 1798. Are those _her_ ribs which fleck'd the Sun Like the bars of a dungeon grate? And are those two all, all the crew That woman and her mate? MS. Correction of S. T. C. in L. B. 1798. Are those _her_ Ribs, thro' which the Sun Did peer as thro' a grate? And are those two all, all her crew, That Woman, and her Mate? _His_ bones were black with many a crack * * * * * They were patch'd with purple and green. L. B. 1800. This Ship it was a plankless thing, --A bare Anatomy! A plankless spectre--and it mov'd Like a Being of the Sea! The woman and a fleshless man Therein sate merrily. His bones were black, &c. (as in 1800). This stanza was found added in the handwriting of the Poet in the margin of a copy of the Bristol Edition [1798] of Lyrical Ballads. It is here printed for the first time. _Note P. and D. W., 1877-80, ii. 36._ [193:A] those] these _Errata, L. B. 1798_. [190-4] _Her_ lips are red, _her_ looks are free, _Her_ locks are yellow as gold: Her skin is as white as leprosy, And she is far liker Death than he; Her flesh makes the still air cold. L. B. 1798.