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Song from Mardi

by Herman Melville

Herman Melville

Like the fish of the bright and twittering fin,
Bright fish! diving deep as high soars the lark,
So, far, far, far, doth the maiden swim,
Wild song, wild light, in still ocean's dark.




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  • Herman Melville
    37. A Sketch -
    by Herman Melville
    Not knowing them in very heart Nor why to join him they were loth, He, disappointed, moved apart, With sad pace creeping, dull, as doth Along the bough the nerveless sloth.