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FULL ROUND, FULL SOFT, HER DEWY ARMS, FR. MARDI by HERMAN MELVILLE

Poet Analysis

First Line: MY LORD NODDED, AND YOOMY SANG
Last Line: A TRACE BEHIND.

My lord nodded, and Yoomy sang: --

"Full round, full soft, her dewy arms, --
Sweet shelter from all Mardi's harms!"

"Whose arms?" cried Mohi.
Sang Yoomy: --

Diving deep in the sea,
She takes sunshine along:
Down flames in the sea,
As of dolphins a throng.

"What mermaid is this? cried Mohi.
Sang Yoomy: --

Her foot, a falling sound,
That all day long might bound.
Over the beach,
The soft sand beach,
And none would find
A trace behind.



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