 | Collected poems of Herman Melville |  |
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AFTER-PIECE
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Skimming over the Poem a book, he tables it, and after sipping a cup of peevish tea, dwells upon the first verse.
Now why a catafalque in close?
No relish I that stupid cheer
Ringing down the curtain on the Rose.
| Collected poems of Herman Melville | |