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The Tuft of Kelp

by Herman Melville

Herman Melville

All dripping in tangles green,
Cast up by a lonely sea,
If purer for that, O Weed,
Bitterer, too, are ye?




Quotes of the Day

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
• Martin Luther King Jr.


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  • Eugene Field
    The fly-away horse
    by Eugene Field
    Oh, a wonderful horse is the Fly-Away Horse - Perhaps you have seen him before; Perhaps, while you slept, his shadow has swept Through the moonlight that floats on the floor.