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PADDLER'S SONG, FR. MARDI by HERMAN MELVILLE

Poet Analysis

First Line: HO! MERRILY HO! WE PADDLERS SAIL
Last Line: HO! MERRILY, MERRILY HO!
Subject(s): ROWING;

Ho! merrily ho! we paddlers sail!
Ho! over sea-dingle, and dale! --
All fire-flies flame with golden gleamings!
Our pulses fly,
Our hearts beat high,
Ho! merrily, merrily ho!



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