All collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.

Herman Melville

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

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Original Citation

Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. London: Richard Bentley/New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, ch. 135.

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Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick or, The Whale. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 135.

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A quote by Herman Melville about ocean and sea: “All collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled…”

A quote by Herman Melville about ocean and sea: “All collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled…”

A quote by Herman Melville about ocean and sea: “All collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled…”