An intense copper calm, like a universal yellow lotus, was more and mo…

Herman Melville
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An intense copper calm, like a universal yellow lotus, was more and more unfolding its noiseless measureless leaves upon the sea. ✨ Herman Melville (2008). Moby-Dick, p.346, Velvet Element Books
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