1903 · CLOSE READING
Ahab and Other Poems
Ahab and Other Poems (1903), PDF p. 12
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Hor, fhelarwd Sy th quict Fil,
Bike tWo fmall flocks of Bids Hat Bait,
Going & Water, ere He chil
BOW from He Caft's forfabey gate,
Zie mp Weak fprars: © trwemBling fire
OF fear fallezfawd and fhiftyzewd!
God! fo We (mote Hem in the morn!
Thir mBening fins rolled Back anon,
As if He wrmawd aeft uphory
Roawd from uprwokd LeGanoy
DoWy & tHe (ea, its BikoWs Gurked
Qack, pafé He pillars of tHe World!
AG, Hat Was life! S feel mp (Bord
Zik, Bie, and (hudwer in mp Gand,
Smik, drink, He (pirit of its Hrd
€pulfing Hrougs the mfinie Brand!
Mp chariot wd With Syrian Sood!
Mp footmey Wading Hrougs th flood !
Ay! Gat Bas life! efor the night
Dipped its mol Wings, Heir holes Were ferickoy
Aiko nigh itfelt before the fight.
An Hundwd Houfand crpies fichey
The air of FeaBey. Pet fome By fyxed
€fay our Fengeane—ours, inxed!
Fate, the md found, & ApHeA foloWed.
Some (eBey and tWentp Houfand died,
ae the great Bal uprifing followed
fs Cetror, cafhed upon its fice,
And Weeemed tom in (Ge win. Strife,
Strength, courage, Bictory—that is Zift!
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