Моби Дик

Midnight, Forecastle

           Nowwouldallthewaveswerewomen,thenI’dgodrown,andchasseewiththemevermore!There’snaughtsosweetonearth-heavenmaynotmatchit!-asthoseswiftglancesofwarm,wildbosomsinthedance,whentheover-arboringarmshidesuchripe,burstinggrapes.

           SICILIANSAILOR(Reclining)Tellmenotofit!Harkye,lad-fleetinterlacingsofthelimbs-litheswayings-coyings-flutterings!lip!heart!hip!allgraze:unceasingtouchandgo!nottaste,observeye,elsecomesatiety.Eh,Pagan?(Nudging.)

           TAHITANSAILOR(Recliningonamat)Hail,holynakednessofourdancinggirls!-theHeeva-Heeva!Ah!lowveiled,highpalmedTahiti!Istillrestmeonthymat,butthesoftsoilhasslid!Isawtheewoveninthewood,mymat!greenthefirstdayIbroughtyethence;nowwornandwiltedquite.Ahme!-notthounorIcanbearthechange!Howthen,ifsobetransplantedtoyonsky?HearItheroaringstreamsfromPirohitee’speakofspears,whentheyleapdownthecragsanddrownthevillages?-Theblast,theblast!Up,spine,andmeetit!(Leapstohisfeet.)

           PORTUGUESESAILORHowthesearollsswashing‘gainsttheside!Standbyforreefing,hearties!thewindsarejustcrossingswords,pell-mellthey’llgolungingpresently.

           DANISHSAILORCrack,crack,oldship!solongasthoucrackest,thouholdest!Welldone!Thematethereholdsyetoitstiffly.He’snomoreafraidthantheislefortatCattegat,puttheretofighttheBalticwithstorm-lashedguns,onwhichthesea-saltcakes!

           4THNANTUCKETSAILORHehashisorders,mindyethat.

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