SUGGESTED BY THE RUINS OF A MOUNTAIN-TEMPLE IN ARCADIA, by HERMAN MELVILLEPoet AnalysisPoet's Biography
First Line: Like stranded ice when freshets die Last Line: The quarries be! Subject(s): Greece; Ruins; Temples; Greeks; Mosques
Like stranded ice when freshets die These shattered marbles tumbled lie: They trouble me.
What solace? -- Old in inexhaustion, Interred alive from storms of fortune, The quarries be!