As idle as a painted ship / Upon a painted…

As idle as a painted ship / Upon a painted ocean.

The Ancient Mariner · The Rime of the Ancient Mariner · Source record

Source: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Source creator: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Publication: 1798
Edition: Project Gutenberg eBook #151
Location: Part the Second
Verification: Verified
Rights: Public Domain

Editorial note: The becalmed ship. The slash marks a line break. First published in Lyrical Ballads (1798); wording checked against the revised text in the Gutenberg edition.