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Collected poems of Herman Melville
Melville, Herman (1819-1891)
BATTLE-PIECES
JOHN MARR AND OTHER SAILORS
JOHN MARR
BRIDEGROOM DICK
TOM DEADLIGHT
JACK ROY
THE HAGLETS
THE AEOLIAN HARP
MINOR SEA PIECES
TO THE MASTER OF THE “METEOR”
FAR OFF-SHORE
THE MAN-OF-WAR HAWK
THE FIGURE-HEAD
THE GOOD CRAFT “SNOW-BIRD”
OLD COUNSEL
THE TUFT OF KELP
THE MALDIVE SHARK
TO NED
CROSSING THE TROPICS
THE BERG
THE ENVIABLE ISLES
PEBBLES
TIMOLEON
WEEDS AND WILDINGS WITH A ROSE OR TWO
A ROSE OR TWO
MARQUIS DE GRANDVIN
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS
UNPUBLISHED OR UNCOLLECTED POEMS
POEMS FROM THE NOVELS
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Collected poems of Herman Melville
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FAR OFF-SHORE
Look, the raft, a signal flying,
Thin—a shred;
None upon the lashed spars lying,
Quick or dead.
Cries the sea-fowl, hovering over,
“Crew, the crew?”
And the billow, reckless, rover,
Sweeps anew!
Collected poems of Herman Melville