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OFF CAPE COLONNA by HERMAN MELVILLE

Poet Analysis

First Line: ALOOF THEY CROWN THE FORELAND LONE
Last Line: AND MANY A DEADLIER WRECK.
Subject(s): CAPE COLONNA, GREECE;

Aloof they crown the foreland lone,
From aloft they loftier rise --
Fair columns, in the aureola 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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