All collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand… — Herman Melville
All collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale · 1851
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Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick or, The Whale. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 135.
Original citation
Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. London: Richard Bentley/New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, ch. 135.