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FAR OFF-SHORE by HERMAN MELVILLE

Poet Analysis

First Line: LOOK, THE RAFT, A SIGNAL FLYING
Last Line: SWEEPS ANEW!
Subject(s): SEA; OCEAN;

Look, the raft, a signal flying,
Thin -- a shred;
None upon the lashed spars lying,
Quick or dead.

Cries the sea-fowl, hovering over,
"Crew, the crew?"
And the billow, reckless, rover,
Sweeps anew!



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