Nature
The Man-of-War Hawk
From John Marr and Other Sailors (1888)
Nature
Yon black man-of-war-hawk that wheels in the light
O’er 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.
Cite this poem
MLA
Melville, Herman. “The Man-of-War Hawk.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/melville/80/.
Chicago
Melville, Herman. “The Man-of-War Hawk.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/melville/80/.
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