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Clarel
a poem and pilgrimage in the Holy Land
Melville, Herman (1819-1891)
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Clarel
Yea, ape and angel, strife and old debate—
The harps of heaven and dreary gongs of hell;
Science the feud can only aggravate—
No umpire she betwixt the chimes and knell:
The running battle of the star and clod
Shall run forever—if there be no God.
Clarel