Herman Melville,
Clarel — Part 3, Canto 28: Mortmain and the Palm
(1876)
“ The testimony of the hand Gnawed in the dream: "Yea, but 'tis here. Despair? nay, death; and what's death's cheer? Death means--the sea-beat gains the shore; He's home; his watch is called no more. ”
Herman Melville,
Clarel — Part 3, Canto 28: Mortmain and the Palm
(1876)
“ Wiser am I?--Curse on this store 5 Of knowledge! Nay, 'twas cursed of yore. Knowledge is power: tell that to knaves; 'Tis knavish knowledge: the true lore Is impotent for earth: 'Thyself Thou can'st not save ”
