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Mardi and A Voyage Thither, Volume 2, a novel by Herman Melville |
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Chapter 52. The Charming Yoomy Sings |
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_ CHAPTER LII. The Charming Yoomy Sings The morrow came; and three abreast, with snorting prows, we raced along; our mat-sails panting to the breeze. All present partook of the life of the air; and unanimously Yoomy was called upon for a song. The canoes were passing a long, white reef, sparkling with shells, like a jeweler's case: and thus Yoomy sang in the same old strain as of yore; beginning aloud, where he had left off in his soul:-- Her bosom! Two buds half blown, they tell;
"Then no more it shall be," said Yoomy, "But you have lost a glorious sequel." _ |