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The Candles

           "Blastit!"butslippingbackwardonthedeck,hisupliftedeyescaughttheflames;andimmediatelyshiftinghistonehecried"Thecorpusantshavemercyonusall!"

           Tosailors,oathsarehouseholdwords;theywillswearinthetranceofthecalm,andintheteethofthetempest;theywillimprecatecursesfromthetopsail-yard-arms,whenmosttheyteeterovertoaseethingsea;butinallmyvoyagings,seldomhaveIheardacommonoathwhenGod’sburningfingerhasbeenlaidontheship;whenHis"Mene,Mene,TekelUpharsin"hasbeenwovenintotheshroudsandthecordage.

           Whilethispallidnesswasburningaloft,fewwordswereheardfromtheenchantedcrew;whoinonethickclusterstoodontheforecastle,alltheireyesgleaminginthatpalephosphorescence,likeafarawayconstellationofstars.Relievedagainsttheghostlylight,thegiganticjetnegro,Daggoo,loomeduptothricehisrealstature,andseemedtheblackcloudfromwhichthethunderhadcome.ThepartedmouthofTashtegorevealedhisshark-whiteteeth,whichstrangelygleamedasiftheytoohadbeentippedbycorpusants;whilelitupbythepreternaturallight,Queequeg’stattooingburnedlikeSatanicblueflamesonhisbody.

           Thetableauallwanedatlastwiththepallidnessaloft;andoncemorethePequodandeverysoulonherdeckswerewrappedinapall.Amomentortwopassed,whenStarbuck,goingforward,pushedagainstsomeone.ItwasStubb."Whatthinkestthounow,man;Iheardthycry;itwasnotthesameinthesong."

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