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Clarel

a poem and pilgrimage in the Holy Land
Melville, Herman (1819-1891)

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CLAREL
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VOL. I.
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PART I. JERUSALEM.
  
I. THE HOSTEL.
 2. 
II. ABDON.
 3. 
III. THE SEPULCHRE.
 4. 
IV. OF THE CRUSADERS.
 5. 
V. CLAREL.
 6. 
VI. TRIBES AND SECTS.
 7. 
VII. BEYOND THE WALLS.
 8. 
VIII. THE VOTARY.
 9. 
IX. SAINT AND STUDENT.
 10. 
X. RAMBLES.
 11. 
XI. LOWER GIHON.
 12. 
XII. CELIO.
 13. 
XIII. THE ARCH.
 14. 
XIV. IN THE GLEN.
 15. 
XV. UNDER THE MINARET.
 16. 
XVI. THE WALL OF WAIL.
 17. 
XVII. NATHAN.
 18. 
XVIII. NIGHT.
 19. 
XIX. THE FULFILMENT.
 20. 
XX. VALE OF ASHES.
 21. 
XXI. BY-PLACES.
 22. 
XXII. HERMITAGE.
 23. 
XXIII. THE CLOSE.
 24. 
XXIV. THE GIBE.
 25. 
XXV. HUTS.
 26. 
XXVI. THE GATE OF ZION.
 27. 
XXVII. MATRON AND MAID.
 28. 
XXVIII. TOMB AND FOUNTAIN.
 29. 
XXIX. THE RECLUSE.
 30. 
XXX. THE SITE OF THE PASSION.
 31. 
XXXI. ROLFE.
 32. 
XXXII. OF RAMA.
 33. 
XXXIII. BY THE STONE.
 34. 
XXXIV. THEY TARRY.
 35. 
XXXV. ARCULF AND ADAMNAN.
 36. 
XXXVI. THE TOWER.
 37. 
XXXVII. A SKETCH.
 38. 
XXXVIII. THE SPARROW.
 39. 
XXXIX. CLAREL AND RUTH.
 40. 
XL. THE MOUNDS.
 41. 
XLI. ON THE WALL.
 42. 
XLII. TIDINGS.
 43. 
XLIII. A PROCESSION.
 44. 
XLIV. THE START.
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Part II THE WILDERNESS.
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I. THE CAVALCADE.
  
II. THE SKULL-CAP.
 3. 
III. BY THE GARDEN.
 4. 
IV. OF MORTMAIN.
 5. 
V. CLAREL AND GLAUCON.
 6. 
VI THE HAMLET.
 7. 
VII GUIDE AND GUARD.
 8. 
VIII. ROLFE AND DERWENT.
 9. 
IX. THROUGH ADOMMIN.
 10. 
X. A HALT.
 11. 
XI. OF DESERTS.
 12. 
XII. THE BANKER.
 13. 
XIII. FLIGHT OF THE GREEKS.
 14. 
XIV. BY ACHOR.
 15. 
XV. THE FOUNTAIN.
 16. 
XVI. NIGHT IN JERICHO.
 17. 
XVII. IN MID-WATCH.
 18. 
XVIII. THE SYRIAN MONK.
 19. 
XIX. AN APOSTATE.
 20. 
XX. UNDER THE MOUNTAIN.
 21. 
XXI. THE PRIEST AND ROLFE.
 22. 
XXII. CONCERNING HEBREWS.
 23. 
XXIII. BY THE JORDAN.
 24. 
XXIV. THE RIVER-RITE.
 25. 
XXV. THE DOMINICAN.
 26. 
XXVI. OF ROME.
 27. 
XXVII. VINE AND CLAREL.
 28. 
XXVIII. THE FOG.
 29. 
XXIX. BY THE MARGE.
 30. 
XXX. OF PETRA.
 31. 
XXXI. THE INSCRIPTION.
 32. 
XXXII. THE ENCAMPMENT.
 33. 
XXXIII. LOT'S SEA.
 34. 
XXXIV. MORTMAIN REAPPEARS.
 35. 
XXXV. PRELUSIVE.
 36. 
XXXVI. SODOM.
 37. 
XXXVII. OF TRADITIONS.
 38. 
XXXVIII. THE SLEEP-WALKER.
 39. 
XXXIX. OBSEQUIES.
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VOL. II.
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PART III. MAR SABA.
 1. 
I. IN THE MOUNTAIN.
 2. 
II. THE CARPENTER.
 3. 
III. OF THE MANY MANSIONS.
 4. 
IV. THE CYPRIOTE.
 5. 
V. THE HIGH DESERT.
 6. 
VI. DERWENT.
 7. 
VII. BELL AND CAIRN.
 8. 
VIII. TENTS OF KEDAR.
 9. 
IX. OF MONASTERIES.
 10. 
X. BEFORE THE GATE.
 11. 
XI. THE BEAKER.
 12. 
XII. THE TIMONEER'S STORY.
 13. 
XIII. SONG AND RECITATIVE.
 14. 
XIV. THE REVEL CLOSED.
 15. 
XV. IN MOONLIGHT.
 16. 
XVI. THE EASTER FIRE.
 17. 
XVII. A CHANT.
 18. 
XVIII. THE MINSTER.
 19. 
XIX. THE MASQUE.
 20. 
XX. AFTERWARD.
 21. 
XXI. IN CONFIDENCE.
 22. 
XXII. THE MEDALLION.
 23. 
XXIII. DERWENT WITH THE ABBOT.
 24. 
XXIV. VAULT AND GROTTO.
 25. 
XXV. DERWENT AND THE LESBIAN.
 26. 
XXVI. VINE AND THE PALM.
 27. 
XXVII. MAN AND BIRD.
 28. 
XXVIII. MORTMAIN AND THE PALM.
 29. 
XXIX. ROLFE AND THE PALM.
 30. 
XXX. THE CELIBATE.
 31. 
XXXI. THE RECOIL.
 32. 
XXXII. EMPTY STIRRUPS.
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PART IV. BETHLEHEM.
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I. IN SADDLE.
 2. 
II. THE ENSIGN.
 3. 
III. THE ISLAND.
 4. 
IV. AN INTRUDER.
 5. 
V. OF THE STRANGER.
 6. 
VI. BETHLEHEM.
 7. 
VII. AT TABLE.
 8. 
VIII. THE PILLOW.
 9. 
IX. THE SHEPHERDS' DALE.
 10. 
X. A MONUMENT.
 11. 
XI. DISQUIET.
 12. 
XII. OF POPE AND TURK.
 13. 
XIII. THE CHURCH OF THE STAR.
 14. 
XIV. SOLDIER AND MONK.
 15. 
XV. SYMPHONIES.
 16. 
XVI. THE CONVENT ROOF.
 17. 
XVII. A TRANSITION.
 18. 
XVIII. THE HILL-SIDE.
 19. 
XIX. A NEW-COMER.
 20. 
XX. DERWENT AND UNGAR.
 21. 
XXI. UNGAR AND ROLFE.
 22. 
XXII. OF WICKEDNESS THE WORD.
 23. 
XXIII. DERWENT AND ROLFE.
 24. 
XXIV. TWILIGHT.
 25. 
XXV. THE INVITATION.
 26. 
XXVI. THE PRODIGAL.
 27. 
XXVII. BY PARAPET.
 28. 
XXVIII. DAVID'S WELL.
 29. 
XXIX. THE NIGHT RIDE.
 30. 
XXX. THE VALLEY OF DECISION.
 31. 
XXXI. DIRGE.
 32. 
XXXII. PASSION WEEK.
 33. 
XXXIII. EASTER.
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XXXIV. VIA CRUCIS.
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XXXV. EPILOGUE.

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The hill above the garden here
They rove; and chance ere long to meet
A second stranger, keeping cheer
Apart. Trapper or pioneer
He looked, astray in Judah's seat—
Or one who might his business ply
On waters under tropic sky.
Perceiving them as they drew near,
He rose, removed his hat to greet,
Disclosing so in shapely sphere
A marble brow over face embrowned:
So Sunium by her fane is crowned.
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One read his superscription clear—
A genial heart, a brain austere—
And further, deemed that such a man
Though given to study, as might seem,
Was no scholastic partisan
Or euphonist of Academe,
But supplemented Plato's theme
With dædal life in boats and tents,
A messmate of the elements;
And yet, more bronzed in face than mind,
Sensitive still and frankly kind—
Too frank, too unreserved, may be,
And indiscreet in honesty.
But what implies the tinge of soil—
Like tarnish on Pizarro's spoil,
Precious in substance rudely wrought,
Peruvian plate—which here is caught?
What means this touch of the untoward
In aspect hinting nothing froward?
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