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Clarel
a poem and pilgrimage in the Holy Land
Melville, Herman (1819-1891)
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“O city,” Rolfe cried; “house on moor,
With shutters burst and blackened door—
Like that thou showest; and the gales
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Still round thee blow the Banshee-wails:
Well might the priest in temple start,
Hearing the voice—‘
Woe, we depart
!’”
Clarel