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Clarel

a poem and pilgrimage in the Holy Land

Melville, Herman (1819-1891)

Part II THE WILDERNESS.

VOL. II.

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So Rolfe in burst, and turned toward Vine;
But he the thorn-wreath still did twine.
Rolfe watched him busy there and dumb,
Then cried: “Did gardens favor it,
How would I match thee here, and sit
Wreathing Christ's flower, chrysanthemum.”