See Scott's "Rokeby," Canto II.

xi; Marryat's "Phantom Ship;" Poe's "MS.

Found in a Bottle;" and Longfellow's "Ballad of Carmilhan" (in "Tales of a Wayside Inn," Second Day).

It is seen in storms, driving by with all sails set, and is generally held to be an omen of disaster.

Coleridge has shaped the legend to his own purposes.