bonebikebird

CIRCUMAMBULATE THE CITY OF A DREAMY SABBATH AFTERNOON, GO FROM GORLEARS HOOK TO GOENTLES SLIP, AND FROM THENCE, BY WHITEHALL, NORTH-WARD. WHAT DO YOU SEE? - POSTED LIKE SILENT SENTINELS ALL AROUND THE TOWN, STAND THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF MORTAL MEN FIXED IN OCEAN REVERIES. SOME LEANING AGAINST THE SPILES; SOME SEATED UPON THE PIERHEADS; SOME LOOKING OVER THE BULWARKS OF SHIPS FROM CHINA; SOME HIGH ALOFT IN THE RIGGINGS, AS IF STRIVING TO GET A STILL BETTER SEAWARD PEEP.

HERMAN MELVILLE
MOBY DICK