Poem: “The Tuft Of Kelp” by Herman Melville

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The Tuft Of Kelp

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All dripping in tangles green,
    Cast up by a lonely sea
If purer for that, O Weed,
    Bitterer, too, are ye?

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American Literature – American Poetry – Herman Melville – Poems by Herman Melville – Sea Pieces

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