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a poem and pilgrimage in the Holy Land

Melville, Herman (1819-1891)

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“The Mountain-Ash
And Sumach fine,
Tipplers of summer,
Betray the wine
In autumn leaf
Of vermil flame:

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Bramble and Thorn
Cry—Fie, for shame!”