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Clarel
a poem and pilgrimage in the Holy Land
Melville, Herman (1819-1891)
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CLAREL
1.
VOL. I.
2.
VOL. II.
3.
PART III. MAR SABA.
4.
PART IV. BETHLEHEM.
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Clarel
Vine tarried; and with fitful hand
Took bits of dead drift from the sand
And flung them to the wave, as one
Whose race of thought long since was run—
For whom the spots enlarge that blot the golden sun.
Clarel