How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #4
To dream and dream, like yonder amber light,
Which will not leave the myrrh-bush on the height; (102-103)
Here's another reference to that weird endless daylight we first heard about in line 5. The sailors don't seem at all bothered by the fact that the sun never goes down. In fact, they're pretty excited about getting lost in an endless dream. They're sick of time and all the pain that goes along with it.
Quote #5
Till they perish and they suffer—some, 'tis whisper'd—down in hell
Suffer endless anguish, others in Elysian valleys dwell,
Resting weary limbs at last on beds of asphodel. (168-170)
In these lines from the last stanza, the sailors give us two different versions of the afterlife. One of them is eternal suffering in hell, the other is eternal rest in paradise. These guys are kind of obsessed with death, and they think so much about the endless, eternal future that's coming after they die that they don't really feel like doing much with the rest of their lives. They'd rather just lie around in the flowers, and get a little taste of paradise before they die.