to a wedding-feast, and detaineth one. It is an ancient Mariner, And he stoppeth one of three. `By thy long beard and glittering eye, Now wherefore stopp'st thou me? The Bridegroom's doors are ...

Or meet The Ancient Mariner, a sailor man was he ... The ballad is one of the oldest forms of poetry in the English language. Across Europe, ballads were sung and performed to ordinary people ...