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The ribs and terrors in the whale Arched over me a dismal gloom, While all God’s sun-lit waves rolled by, And lift me deepening down to doom. ‘I saw the ope
by HenryKissinger 5y ago
The ribs and terrors in the whale
Arched over me a dismal gloom,
While all God’s sun-lit waves rolled by,
And lift me deepening down to doom.
‘I saw the opening maw of hell,
With endless pains and sorrows there;
Which none but they that feel can tell—
Oh, I was plunging to despair.
— H. Melville
- tartuffe78 5y agoWe are two mariners, our ships' sole survivors In this belly of a whale Its ribs our ceiling beams, its guts our carpeting I guess we have some time to kill - The Mariner’s Revenge Song, The Decemberists
- cratermoon 5y agoThe water about me rose to my neck, for the deep was closing over me; seaweed twined about my head at the roots of the mountains; I was sinking into a world whose bars would hold me fast for ever.
- analog31 5y agoI'm betting the guy's going to get a nickname from this episode. ;-)
- Digory 5y agoJoe, nah.
- ashton314 5y agoOh man, I forgot I sang Jonah’s Song with the BYU Men’s Chorus until you posted those lines. I couldn’t find a recording of us singing it, but here is an excellent recording of another choir singing it: https://youtu.be/3FmjPpTqk3s https://youtu.be/3FmjPpTqk3s