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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OFF CAPE COLONNA, by HERMAN MELVILLE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Aloof they crown the foreland lone
Last Line: And many a deadlier wreck.
Subject(s): Cape Colonna, Greece
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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