Nature
The Tuft of Kelp
From John Marr and Other Sailors (1888)
Nature
All dripping in tangles green,
Cast up by a lonely sea
If purer for that, O Weed,
Bitterer, too, are ye?
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MLA
Melville, Herman. “The Tuft of Kelp.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/melville/84/.
Chicago
Melville, Herman. “The Tuft of Kelp.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/melville/84/.
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