Herman Melville,
Clarel — Part 2, Canto 37: Of Traditions
(1876)
“ The legends claim, that into sea The old magician flung his book When life and lore he both forsook: The evil spell yet lurks, may be.-- But yon strange orb--can be the moon? 85 These vapors: and the waters swoon. ”
Herman Melville,
Clarel — Part 2, Canto 37: Of Traditions
(1876)
“ Under the tent, the thought transpired, And Mortmain was the theme. "If mad, 55 'Tis indignation at the bad," Said Rolfe; "most men somehow get used To seeing evil, though not all They see; 'tis sympathetical ”
