 | Collected poems of Herman Melville |  |
DISINTERMENT OF THE HERMES
What forms divine in adamant fair—
Carven demigod and god,
And hero-marbles rivalling these,
Bide under Latium's sod,
Or lost in sediment and drift
Alluvial which the Grecian rivers sift.
Carven demigod and god,
And hero-marbles rivalling these,
Bide under Latium's sod,
Or lost in sediment and drift
Alluvial which the Grecian rivers sift.
To dig for these, O better far
Than raking arid sands
For gold more barren meetly theirs
Sterile, with brimming hands.
Than raking arid sands
For gold more barren meetly theirs
Sterile, with brimming hands.
| Collected poems of Herman Melville | |