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While

this

pallidness

was

burning

aloft

,

few

words

were

heard

from

the

enchanted

crew

;

who

in

one

thick

cluster

stood

on

the

forecastle

,

all

their

eyes

gleaming

in

that

pale

phosphorescence

,

like

a

faraway

constellation

of

stars

.

Relieved

against

the

ghostly

light

,

the

gigantic

jet

negro

,

Daggoo

,

loomed

up

to

thrice

his

real

stature

,

and

seemed

the

black

cloud

from

which

the

thunder

had

come

.

The

parted

mouth

of

Tashtego

revealed

his

shark-white

teeth

,

which

strangely

gleamed

as

if

they

too

had

been

tipped

by

corpusants

;

while

lit

up

by

the

preternatural

light

,

Queequeg

's

tattooing

burned

like

Satanic

blue

flames

on

his

body

.

The

tableau

all

waned

at

last

with

the

pallidness

aloft

;

and

once

more

the

Pequod

and

every

soul

on

her

decks

were

wrapped

in

a

pall

.

A

moment

or

two

passed

,

when

Starbuck

,

going

forward

,

pushed

against

some

one

.

It

was

Stubb

.

"

What

thinkest

thou

now

,

man

;

I

heard

thy

cry

;

it

was

not

the

same

in

the

song

.

"

"

No

,

no

,

it

was

n't

;

I

said

the

corpusants

have

mercy

on

us

all

;

and

I

hope

they

will

,

still

.

But

do

they

only

have

mercy

on

long

faces

?

--

have

they

no

bowels

for

a

laugh

?

And

look

ye

,

Mr.

Starbuck

--

but

it

's

too

dark

to

look

.

Hear

me

,

then

;

I

take

that

mast-head

flame

we

saw

for

a

sign

of

good

luck

;

for

those

masts

are

rooted

in

a

hold

that

is

going

to

be

chock

a

'

block

with

sperm-oil

,

d'ye

see

;

and

so

,

all

that

sperm

will

work

up

into

the

masts

,

like

sap

in

a

tree

.

Yes

,

our

three

masts

will

yet

be

as

three

spermaceti

candles

--

that

's

the

good

promise

we

saw

.

"

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At

that

moment

Starbuck

caught

sight

of

Stubb

's

face

slowly

beginning

to

glimmer

into

sight

.

Glancing

upwards

,

he

cried

:

"

See

!

see

!

"

and

once

more

the

high

tapering

flames

were

beheld

with

what

seemed

redoubled

supernaturalness

in

their

pallor

.

"

The

corpusants

have

mercy

on

us

all

,

"

cried

Stubb

,

again

.

At

the

base

of

the

main-mast

,

full

beneath

the

doubloon

and

the

flame

,

the

Parsee

was

kneeling

in

Ahab

's

front

,

but

with

his

head

bowed

away

from

him

;

while

near

by

,

from

the

arched

and

overhanging

rigging

,

where

they

had

just

been

engaged

securing

a

spar

,

a

number

of

the

seamen

,

arrested

by

the

glare

,

now

cohered

together

,

and

hung

pendulous

,

like

a

knot

of

numbed

wasps

from

a

drooping

,

orchard

twig

.

In

various

enchanted

attitudes

like

the

standing

,

or

stepping

,

or

running

skeletons

in

Herculaneum

,

others

remained

rooted

to

the

deck

;

but

all

their

eyes

upcast

.

"

Aye

,

aye

,

men

!

"

cried

Ahab

.

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"

Look

up

at

it

;

mark

it

well

;

the

white

flame

but

lights

the

way

to

the

White

Whale

!

Hand

me

those

mainmast

links

there

;

I

would

fain

feel

this

pulse

,

and

let

mine

beat

against

it

;

blood

against

fire

!

So

.

"

Then

turning

--

the

last

link

held

fast

in

his

left

hand

,

he

put

his

foot

upon

the

Parsee

;

and

with

fixed

upward

eve

,

and

high-flung

right

arm

,

he

stood

erect

before

the

lofty

tri-pointed

trinity

of

flames

.

"

Oh

!

thou

clear

spirit

of

clear

fire

,

whom

on

these

seas

I

as

Persian

once

did

worship

,

till

in

the

sacramental

act

so

burned

by

thee

,

that

to

this

hour

I

bear

the

scar

;

I

now

know

thee

,

thou

clear

spirit

,

and

I

now

know

that

thy

right

worship

is

defiance

.

To

neither

love

nor

reverence

wilt

thou

be

kind

;

and

e

'

en

for

hate

thou

canst

but

kill

;

and

all

are

killed

.

No

fearless

fool

now

fronts

thee

.

I

own

thy

speechless

,

placeless

power

;

but

to

the

last

gasp

of

my

earthquake

life

will

dispute

unconditional

,

unintegral

mastery

in

me

.

In

the

midst

of

the

personified

impersonal

,

a

personality

stands

here

.

Though

but

a

point

at

best

;

whenceso'er

I

came

;

whereso'er

I

go

;

yet

while

I

earthly

live

,

the

queenly

personality

lives

in

me

,

and

feels

her

royal

rights

.

But

war

is

pain

,

and

hate

is

woe

.

Come

in

thy

lowest

form

of

love

,

and

I

will

kneel

and

kiss

thee

;

but

at

thy

highest

,

come

as

mere

supernal

power

;

and

though

thou

launchest

navies

of

full-freighted

worlds

,

there

's

that

in

here

that

still

remains

indifferent

.

Oh

,

thou

clear

spirit

,

of

thy

fire

thou

madest

me

,

and

like

a

true

child

of

fire

,

I

breathe

it

back

to

thee

.

"

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