Final answer:
The provided texts do not correspond to the specific event in 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' where the Mariner’s spirits are lifted, hence the question about what he sees in the water cannot be accurately answered.
Step-by-step explanation:
The student's question seems to reference The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, where the Mariner experiences the death of his crew and faces isolation at sea.
However, the texts provided do not properly correspond to this poem. As a result, we are unable to answer what the Mariner sees in the water that lifts his spirits according to the exact question posed.
Based on the provided texts, it appears they are from different literary works that describe scenes involving captains, ships, and the sea, where characters face dire situations.
We can't accurately tie the provided texts with the original reference to the Mariner and his renewal of hope without the correct context or excerpt from Coleridge's poem.