Clarel :: :: University of Virginia Library

Clarel

a poem and pilgrimage in the Holy Land

Melville, Herman (1819-1891)

Part II THE WILDERNESS.

VOL. II.

Collapse All | Expand All expand section

While so, not unconcerned, they stood,
The Druze said, “Well, let be. Why chafe?
Nights here are mild; one's pretty safe
When fearless.—Belex! come, the road!”