Monday, August 21, 2006

The Man-Of-War Hawk

You black man-of-war hawk that wheels in the light
Over the black ship's white sky-s'l, sunned cloud
to the sight,
Have we low-flyers wings to ascend to his height?
No arrow can reach him; nor thought can attain
To the placid supreme in the sweep of his reign.
Herman Melville

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