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Clarel

a poem and pilgrimage in the Holy Land

Melville, Herman (1819-1891)

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“Not on your knee—no no, no no;
But sit you so; verily and verily
Paris, are you true or no?
I'll look down your eyes and see.

“Helen, look—and look and look;
Look me, Helen, through and through;
Make me out the only rake:
Set down one and carry two.”—