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1819–1891

OFF CAPE COLONNA

Herman Melville

Aloof they crown the foreland lone, From aloft they loftier rise — Fair columns, in the aureole rolled From sunned Greek seas and skies.

They wax, sublimed to fancy's view, A god-like group against the blue. Over much like gods! Serene they saw The wolf-waves board the deck,

And headlong hull of Falconer, And many a deadlier wreck.

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