 | Collected poems of Herman Melville |  |
MY JACKET OLD
My jacket old, with narrow seam—When the dull day's work is done
I dust it, and of Asia dream,
Old Asia of the sun!
There other garbs prevail;
Yea, lingering there, free robe and vest
Edenic Leisure's age attest
Ere Work, alack, came in with Wail.
| Collected poems of Herman Melville | |