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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Posted by Bruce Kahl on November 22, 2000

In Reply to: H20 author please posted by Cindy Fisher on November 22, 2000

: Who woite" Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink"?

Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink.

It is from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

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