The Rime of the Ancient Mariner that the poem may have been inspired by the voyage of Thomas James into the Arctic. According to William Wordsworth, the poem was inspired while Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Wordsworth's sister Dorothy were on a walking tour through the Quantock Hills in Somerset. The discussion had turned to a book that Wordsworth was reading, "A Voyage Round The World by Way of the Great South Sea" (1726) by Captain George Shelvocke. In the book, a melancholy sailor, Simon Hatley, shoots a black albatross: As they discussed Shelvocke's book, Wordsworth proffers the following developmental critique to Coleridge, which importantly contains a reference
Water, Water Every Hare face. • Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny, Gossamer ("Rudolph") and Mouse • John T. Smith as Scientist (uncredited) Water, Water Every Hare Water, Water Every Hare is a "Looney Tunes" cartoon released in 1952 featuring Bugs Bunny and Gossamer, with a similar premise to "Hair-Raising Hare". The title is a pun on the line "Water, water, everywhere / Nor any drop to drink" from the poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The cartoon is available on Disc 1 of the "". Much like in "Hair-Raising Hare", Bugs (after being flooded out of his rabbit hole