Moby-Dick; or, The Whale · Moby-Dick, Extracts · block 55
“So close behind some promontory lieThe huge Leviathan to attend their prey,And give no chance, but swallow in the fry,Which through their gaping jaws mistake the way.”Read in context ›
Herman Melville · 1851
Project Gutenberg #15, credited to Eugene F. Irey; updated 10 June 2026. Based on the first American edition, Harper & Brothers, 1851, according to the source catalog.
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