Thou saw'st the locked lovers when leaping from their flaming ship; he…

Herman Melville
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Thou saw'st the locked lovers when leaping from their flaming ship; heart to heart they sank beneath the exulting wave; true to each other, when heaven seemed false to them. ✨ Herman Melville (2015). Moby Dick: Top 100 Classic Novels, p.257, 谷月社
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Thou saw'st the locked lovers when leaping from their flaming ship; heart to heart they sank beneath the exulting wave; true to each other, when heaven seemed false to them. ✨ Herman Melville (2015). Moby Dick: Top 100 Classic Novels, p.257, 谷月社

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