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sprinkleeninow

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1. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner": "Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink."

Reply to safeinOhio (Original post)

Fri Sep 25, 2020, 01:49 AM

Sep 2020

My ma would always say that ditty and I don't think I ever looked for the source! But mb I did.

She'd say:"Water, water everywhere, but never a drop to drink."

She used to say 'The Wreck of the Hesperus' describing something.

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"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner": "Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink." sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #1

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