Specks, Tiny Specks

by Herman Melville

Herman Melville

" Specks, tiny specks, in this translucent amber:
Your leave, bride-roses, may one pry and see?
How odd! a dainty little skeleton-chamber;
And — odder yet — sealed walls but windows be!
Death's open secret. — Well, we are ;
And here comes the jolly angel with the jar! "





Last updated March 26, 2023