Misgivings, st. 2
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With shouts the torrents down the gorges go,
And storms are formed behind the storm we feel:
The hemlock shakes in the rafter, the oak in the driving keel.
— Herman Melville
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "With shouts the torrents down the gorges go,
And storms are formed behind the storm we feel:
The hemlock shakes in the rafter, the oak in the driving keel." in the context of "Misgivings, st. 2" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Herman Melville" (Quotes, Battle Pieces: And Aspects of the War (1860): Full text at Project Gutenberg )
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About Herman Melville
Herman Melville (1 August 1819 – 28 September 1891) was an American novelist, essayist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period.
About Herman Melville
Herman Melville (1 August 1819 – 28 September 1891) was an American novelist, essayist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period.
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