Moby-Dick; or, The Whale · Moby-Dick, Extracts · block 112
“Io! Pæan! Io! sing.To the finny people’s king.Not a mightier whale than thisIn the vast Atlantic is;Not a fatter fish than he,Flounders round the Polar Sea.”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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