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The phrase "Water, water, every where, / Nor any drop to drink" has appeared widely in popular culture, but usually given in a more natural modern phrasing as "Water, water, everywhere / But not a drop to drink"; some such appearances have, in turn, played on the frequency with which these lines are misquoted.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (text of 1834) By Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Argument. How a Ship having passed the Line was driven by storms to the cold Country towards the South Pole; and how from thence she made her course to the tropical Latitude of the Great Pacific Ocean; and of the strange things that befell; and in what manner the Ancyent ...
The supernatural machinery of the poem emerges after the Mariner has killed an albatross. At first his shipmates are angered, but when the mist surrounding the boat clears, they insist it is right...
Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. The Mariner says that though the ship was surrounded by water on all sides yet the very border of the ship began to crack and shrink because of the excessive heat. They were in the midst of so much water, but there wasn’t even a drop they could drink.
Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. The very deeps did rot: O Christ! That ever this should be!
Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink: The source of this phrase and how to use it.
Water, water, everywhere, 120And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. The very deep did rot: O Christ! That ever this should be! 125Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea. About, about, in reel and rout The death-fires danced at night; The water, like a witch's oils,
May 31, 2024 · Among the many memorable lines from the poem is an utterance in stanza nine: “Water, water, everywhere,/Nor any drop to drink.” This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Kuiper .
Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. Here, however, the sailors change their minds again and blame the Mariner for the torment of their thirst.
Water, water, everywhere. Frequently misquoted as “Water, water, everywhere and not a drop to drink” when in fact it was originally written as “Water, water, everywhere, not any drop to drink.” It comes from Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) The Ancient Mariner Pt II, stanza 9 (1798).
