Aye, you're neither one thing nor yet quite t'other. Pity, but there 'tis.

Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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"Aye, you're neither one thing nor yet quite t'other. Pity, but there 'tis." This is a part of the poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." The poem is an allegory about a sailor who loses his mind and goes insane after being shot by an albatross. The first line of the poem reads, "Aye, you're neither one thing nor t'other. A man or a fiend."

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