please explain these lines:'god save thee ancient mariner,from the friends that plague thee thus!-why look'st thou so?'-"with my crossbow I shot the albatross."
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god may have mercy on the soul of the ancient mariner who killed the albatross in a mood of greed with his crossbow and after which plauge and misfortune engulf the ship as there was no water to drink and sun was squeezing them dry
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This question is from the poem 'The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
In the given lines the wedding guest is addressing the ancient mariner in a worried tone. He appeals to God to free the ancient mariner from his past sins that have been bothering him. He then asks the ancient mariner why he is looking so remorseful and tormented. The ancient mariner then confesses to the wedding guest that he had killed the albatross with his crossbow.
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