Thursday, January 1, 2004

At Melville's Tomb Comments

Rating: 3.5

Often beneath the wave, wide from this ledge
The dice of drowned men's bones he saw bequeath
An embassy. Their numbers as he watched,
Beat on the dusty shore and were obscured.
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Harold Hart Crane
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Michael Walker 18 September 2019

A fairly obscure poem, but it captures the spirit of Herman Melville very skillfully. I feel as if I were there at the graveyard.

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Fabrizio Frosini 18 May 2016

is Melville ''beneath the waves''? He died and was buried on land.. but Crane is speaking of his spirit.. and ''of drowned men's bones''

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* Sunprincess * 01 April 2016

......a poignant write, so sad to lose someone at sea ★

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Harold Hart Crane

Harold Hart Crane

Garrettsville, Ohio
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