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The Symphony

           WhenIthinkofthislifeIhaveled;thedesolationofsolitudeithasbeen;themasoned,walled-townofaCaptain’sexclusiveness,whichadmitsbutsmallentrancetoanysympathyfromthegreencountrywithoutoh,weariness!heaviness!Guinea-coastslaveryofsolitarycommand!whenIthinkofallthis;onlyhalf-suspected,notsokeenlyknowntomebeforeandhowforfortyyearsIhavefedupondrysaltedfarefitemblemofthedrynourishmentofmysoul!whenthepoorestlandsmanhashadfreshfruittohisdailyhand,andbrokentheworld’sfreshbreadtomymouldycrustsaway,wholeoceansaway,fromthatyounggirl-wifeIweddedpastfifty,andsailedforCapeHornthenextday,leavingbutonedentinmymarriagepillowwife?wife?ratherawidowwithherhusbandalive?Aye,IwidowedthatpoorgirlwhenImarriedher,Starbuck;andthen,themadness,thefrenzy,theboilingbloodandthesmokingbrow,withwhich,forathousandloweringsoldAhabhasfuriously,foaminglychasedhispreymoreademonthanaman!aye,aye!whatafortyyears’foolfoololdfool,hasoldAhabbeen!Whythisstrifeofthechase?whyweary,andpalsythearmattheoar,andtheiron,andthelance?howthericherorbetterisAhabnow?Behold.Oh,Starbuck!isitnothard,thatwiththiswearyloadIbear,onepoorlegshouldhavebeensnatchedfromunderme?Here,brushthisoldhairaside;itblindsme,thatIseemtoweep.

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