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Clarel
a poem and pilgrimage in the Holy Land
Melville, Herman (1819-1891)
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Clarel
Well
may ye gaze! What's good to see
Better than Adam's humanity
When genial lodged! Such spell is given,
It lured the staid grandees of heaven,
Though biased in their souls divine
Much to one side—the feminine.—
He is the pleasantest small fellow!”
Clarel