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He prayeth best, who loveth best
All things both great and small;
For the dear God who loveth us,
He made and loveth all.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge published The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in 1798. It is a dramatic story of a sailor's tragic sea voyage. The poem can be read online at numerous sites, including here, here and here.
Iron Maiden has a song based on the poem which uses some direct quotations from Coleridge:
You can read the song lyrics here.
The picture at the top of this post is one of Doré's illustrations of the poem.
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