The Needle

           Nextmorningthenot-yet-subsidedsearolledinlongslowbillowsofmightybulk,andstrivinginthePequod’sgurglingtrack,pushedheronlikegiants’palmsoutspread.Thestrongunstaggeringbreezeaboundedso,thatskyandairseemedvastoutbellyingsails;thewholeworldboomedbeforethewind.Muffledinthefullmorninglight,theinvisiblesunwasonlyknownbythespreadintensityofhisplace;wherehisbayonetraysmovedoninstacks.Emblazonings,asofcrownedBabyloniankingsandqueens,reignedovereverything.Theseawasasacrucibleofmoltengold,thatbubblinglyleapswithlightandheat.

           Longmaintaininganenchantedsilence,Ahabstoodapart;andeverytimetheteeteringshiploweringlypitcheddownherbowsprit,heturnedtoeyethebrightsun’sraysproducedahead;andwhensheprofoundlysettledbythestern,heturnedbehind,andsawthesun’srearwardplace,andhowthesameyellowrayswereblendingwithhisundeviatingwake.

           "Ha,ha,myship!thoumightestwellbetakennowforthesea-chariotofthesun.Ho,ho!allyenationsbeforemyprow,Ibringthesuntoye!Yokeonthefurtherbillows;hallo!atandem,Idrivethesea!"

           Butsuddenlyreinedbackbysomecounterthought,hehurriedtowardsthehelm,huskilydemandinghowtheshipwasheading.

           "East-sou-east,sir,"saidthefrightenedsteersman.

           "Thouliest!"smitinghimwithhisclenchedfist.

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