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The Sphynx

           Itwasablackandhoodedhead;andhangingthereinthemidstofsointenseacalm,itseemedtheSphynx’sinthedesert."Speak,thouvastandvenerablehead,"mutteredAhab,"which,thoughungarnishedwithabeard,yethereandtherelookesthoarywithmosses;speak,mightyhead,andtellusthesecretthingthatisinthee.Ofalldivers,thouhastdivedthedeepest.Thatheaduponwhichtheuppersunnowgleams,hasmovedamidthisworld’sfoundations.Whereunrecordednamesandnaviesrust,anduntoldhopesandanchorsrot;whereinhermurderousholdthisfrigateearthisballastedwithbonesofmillionsofthedrowned;there,inthatawfulwater-land,therewasthymostfamiliarhome.Thouhastbeenwherebellordiverneverwent;hastsleptbymanyasailor’sside,wheresleeplessmotherswouldgivetheirlivestolaythemdown.Thousaw’stthelockedloverswhenleapingfromtheirflamingship;hearttohearttheysankbeneaththeexultingwave;truetoeachother,whenheavenseemedfalsetothem.Thousaw’stthemurderedmatewhentossedbypiratesfromthemidnightdeck;forhourshefellintothedeepermidnightoftheinsatiatemaw;andhismurderersstillsailedonunharmedwhileswiftlightningsshiveredtheneighboringshipthatwouldhavebornearighteoushusbandtooutstretched,longingarms.Ohead!thouhasseenenoughtosplittheplanetsandmakeaninfidelofAbraham,andnotonesyllableisthine!"

           "Sailho!"criedatriumphantvoicefromthemain-mast-head

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