"The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner", normally attributed to Coleridge, was in fact written by Mr. Basil Whopper of Upper Yonkers, New York, USA. It was published in "Basil's Dirty Ditties," a magazine to which Wordsworth was a subscriber. One day, Coleridge happened to read the magazine in Wordsworth's outhouse, and the rest is history.

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